Indra Gandhi’s death anniversary
After Shastri’s death, in congress, Indra came into the limelight and was deemed the most suitable contestant for the election of 1964.
Uncommon and rare images of Indira Gandhi Uncommon and rare images of Indira Gandhi Important Point The former prime minister Indira Gandhi’s 37th death anniversary falls on October 31, 2021. Gandhi served as India’s third prime minister and is the daughter of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru. She was also the nation’s first and only female prime minister until now.
The former prime minister Indira Gandhi’s passing anniversary falls on October 31. On October 31, 1984, the deceased Congresswoman was killed by two of her own bodyguards after she had authorized Operation Blue Star, a military operation at the Golden Temple. Her terrible death sparked numerous anti-Sikh riots across the nation.
Why Indra Gandhi is having a special personality?
Indra Gandhi the name is depicting the image of an iron lady of India who was the first female prime minister and she was that prime minister who brought so many drastic changes at the ground level.
Indra Gandhi was India’s first and only female prime minister, holding the position from January to November till March 1977, then from January 1980 until her passing in 1984. As the “Iron lady of India,” Indira was one of the country’s most powerful and prominent leaders. She transformed the political landscape on a worldwide scale and, after her father, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, became the country’s second-longest-serving Prime Minister. Indira was recognized as the “Woman of the Millennium” in 1999.
She was chosen by leaders because they thought that this woman would be their puppet but irony they came to know in the 1969 election when Congress break into two and this lady won the election on her image with the slogan of ” Garibi Hatao” and she brings major changes at ground level.
She nationalized many banks and provided benefits to the farmers.
One cannot deny the fact that what Bangladesh is today is something different from 1947 time and with the battle of 1971 and the capture of Bangladesh, Indra Gandhi became the true leader and the most deserving candidate for the public at that time.
Her image came into more and more limelight with the emergence of the first emergency in India in the name of internal disturbance in the country in 1975.
In 1975, when she found activities or movements against her regime she declared an emergency in which various popular leaders who had initiated movements were arrested and censorship has been imposed as well.
People got upset with this political behavior of Indra Gandhi as a result Janta party in 1977.
The most interesting part is that in the era when there was male dominance in politics this lady emerged with the image of the self-sufficient lady.
She gave a full challenge to morarji Desai. Even after such a tyrannical emergency, she recapture the things in 1980 election because the Janta party government coalition broke in mid-years.
In 1984, when some extremists who were demanding Khalistan a special separate state from Punjab, illegally hidden and continued illegal activities like bomb explosions, etc. from Gurudwara of Punjab, Indra Gandhi ordered the military to kill these extremists by entering gurudwara.
All sardars at that time got upset with this activity because the gurudwara was deemed as the place of peace and such activities were condemned by sardars.
Riots outbreak when Indra Gandhi died in October 1984, by assassinated by her guard.
Gandhi, the nation’s sole female prime minister, was renowned for the reforms she brought about, including the nationalization of banks and the elimination of the royal families’ privy purses. She was a powerful leader who oversaw a number of important occasions, including Operation Blue Star and the 1971 India-Pakistan War.
Here are some details about the Iron Lady of India to remember her by:
Facts
Gandhi was born to Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru and his wife Kamala Nehru on November 19, 1917, in Prayagraj.
Gandhi, Nehru’s only child, had a deep connection to the movement for independence. She had organized the “monkey brigade” as a child, a group of kids who distributed Indian flags and spied on the police training at Vishwa Bharti university.
Gandhi served as Nehru’s principal assistant and accompanied him on numerous international journeys while he was prime minister, serving him at Visva-Bharati University, Swiss universities, and Somerville College in Oxford.
Gandhi was chosen to lead the Indian National Congress in 1959, and in 1964 he was admitted to the Rajya Sabha.
After the tragic death of the country’s first prime minister, Lal Bahadur Shastri, in 1966, she was chosen to become the country’s first female prime minister.
From the time of her father’s passing in 1964 till 1966, she had been the Minister of Information and Broadcasting in the Shastri cabinet.
She served as the nation’s second-longest-serving Prime Minister from January 1966 to March 1977.
October 1984 until January 1980.
Gandhi received the Bharat Ratna following India’s victory over Pakistan in the 1971 war and the founding of Bangladesh.
During her term, she sought to combat poverty and promote environmental preservation while nationalizing 14 banks.
When she was found guilty of an election offense by the Allahabad High Court and disqualified from politics for a period of six years, she imposed an Emergency in 1975.
She declared an Emergency in the nation in 1975 after being banned from politics for six years after being found guilty of an election offense.
Gandhi was re-elected in 1980 after the Janata administration was toppled.
She received criticism in 1984 for directing the storming of the Harmandir.
Let’s commemorate the memory of Indra Gandhi who was the favorite leader among women.
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