Indira Gandhi

Indira Gandhi is one of the notable figures in the history of India. She was the third prime minister of India who served between 1966 and 1984. Her service term came to an end not because of her volition but through assassination in an unlikely incident involving her body guards. Most important to say is that, she was the daughter to the first prime minister of India, Jawaharlal Nehru.

Her early life

Indira was born in the early 20th century in 1917 in her motherland, India. She was born to a noble Nehru family that is likely the main cause of her success in India politics. Apparently, the first prime minister of India, who happened to be her father, had a lot of influence in her life.

This saw her become a prime minister later on in her life for three consecutive service terms. She would later meet her death through assassination conducted by her Sikh bodyguards. She was the only child.

Indira’s personality, education and success

Since childhood, Indira exuded calm and confidence described by many as being a stubborn figure and a very intelligent woman. She studied in Swiss schools and later on at the Somerville College in Oxford.

Following the death of her mother in 1936, she played a very significant role in her father’s life. She learnt how to navigate very complicated diplomatic relationships with great leaders around the world.

In 1960, she was elected into the position of the Indian National Congress president. When her father died, she was given the office of the information and broadcasting minister. The successor to her father died suddenly in 1966 and that is how she was appointed to the prime minister post.

She was a figure to reckon amongst the old colleagues of her father when she confidently and calmly sacked the biggest-ranking officials in the land. She was very daring. The changes she brought about were notably in programs of agriculture that enhanced the lives of the poor in the country. She became a hero during this time.

Gandhi was very instrumental in the founding of the Bangladesh nation following the signing of the Shimla agreement to solve the Kashmir dispute among other activities. Indira Gandhi is undeniably a very important historic figure in India and despite her issues with the Sikh extremists that led to her death, she contributed a lot during the times that she held a political office in India.