Indira Gandhi
Indira Gandhi
Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi; née Nehru; 19 November 1917 – 31 October 1984) was an Indian politician and central figure of the Indian National Congress party, and to date the only female Prime Minister of India. Indira Gandhi was the only child of India's first Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru. She served as Prime Minister from 1966 to 1977 and then again from 1980 until her assassination in 1984, making her the second-longest-serving Prime Minister after her father...
NationalityIndian
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth19 November 1917
CityAllahabad, India
CountryIndia
We should not mourn for men of high ideals. Rather we should rejoice that we had the privilege of having had them with us, to inspire us by their radiant personalities.
We would rather starve than sell our national honor.
... where does strength come from? It is not muscle strength any more. It is not also mere intellectual strength. What is strength? Strength is the support of the people.
Nothing that is worthwhile is ever easy.
Defeats are always pitiful. Victories are always last resources.
Forgiveness is the virtue of Brave.
Without peace there can be no prosperity for any people, rich or poor. And yet, there can be no peace without erasing the harshness of the growing contrast between the rich and the poor.
It has been my experience that people who are at cross-purposes with nature are cynical about mankind and ill at ease with themselves.
Never forget that when we are silent, we are one. And when we speak we are two.
My father was a saint, I'm not.
Ability is not always gauged by examination.
Mankind will endure when the world appreciates the logic of diversity.
You can't shake hands with a clenched fist.
All unprejudiced persons objectively surveying the grim events in Bangla Desh since March 25 have recognized the revolt of 75 million people, a people who were forced to the conclusion that neither their life, nor their liberty, to say nothing of the possibility of the pursuit of happiness, was available to them.