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
Ability is not always gauged by examination.
My grandfather once told me that there are two kinds of people: those who work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the first group; there was less competition there.
To meet her is to feel utterly humble,
Home is wherever I go.
Peace we want because there is another war to fight against poverty, disease and ignorance.
My father was a statesman, I am a political woman. My father was a saint. I am not.
Politics is the art of acquiring, holding, and wielding power.
I would like to ask a question. Would this sort of war or savage bombing which has taken place in Vietnam have been tolerated for so long, had the people been European?
The longer one doesn't write, the more difficult it is to communicate.
I don't mind if my life goes in the service of the nation. If I die, every drop of my blood will invigorate the nation.
The meek may one day inherit the earth, but not the headlines.
The civil servant is primarily the master of the short-term solution.
The greatest of all contraceptives is affluence.
There are moments in history when brooding tragedy and its dark shadows can be lightened by recalling great moments of the past.