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INDHIRA GANDHI

Indhira gandhi was the daughter of indian politician Jawaharlal Nehru.Nehru


was india's first prime minister .He was a key figure in the events that led to
india gaining independence.

Indhira Gandhi worked closely with her father during his tenure as prime
minister.When he passed away in 1964,there was confusion as to who would
take his pit.
• Indgira Gandhi became prime minister in 1966.she excelled inoffice
because she was a powerfuk speaker.she did a great deal of travelling
and gained support by instituting new left-wing policies.One of the
staphles of her compaign was to fight hunger and poverty.
POST NEHRU INDIA
• .Jawaharlal Nehru died on 27 may 1964.
• .Lal Bahadur shastri succeeded him as prime minister.
• .in 1965 the second kashmir war India and pakistan again went to war
over kashmir.
• .the tashkent agreement was signed under the mediation of the
sovient government.
• .India got elected as the president of indian national congress in the
late 1950's.This was her official introduction to active politics.
• After the death of father Jawaharlal Nehru,Indhira became a member
of the rahya sabha and the minister of information and
Broadcasting .As 3rd person.

• .During her first term as prime minister of India.she garnered much


support from the public for agricultural improvements that led to
India's self suffiency in food grain production.
• .The INC had split in 1969.

• .Gandhi continued to govern with a slim majority.

• The PM Indhira Gandhi's elevation to immense popularity.


IN 1970'S
• IN 1971,Indhira Gandhi and her congress were returned to power
with a massively increased majority.

• .During her first term as prime minister ,Indhira nationalized 14 banks


in India.

• socialist economic and industrial policies anacted.


• .In 1974, India tested 1st nuclear weapon in desert of Rajastan .

• On 26th april 1975 ,Sikkim formally became India's 22nd state.

• So overwhelming was her political personality that during the election


of 1971,opposition leader Atal Bihari Vajpayee hailed her as Goddess
Durga.
JANATHA INTERLUDE
• Morarji Desai became the first non-congress prime minister of India.

• The Desai administration established tribunals to investigate


Emergency -era abuses ,and Indhira and Sanjay Gandhi were arrested
after a report from the shah commission.

• This is happened after general elections in 1977.


ACHIEVEMENTS OF INDHIRA GANDHI
AS A PM
• .Bangladesh .
• Green revolution.
• Nationalized Amendment in constitution aka mini constitution 1976 act.
• Aryabhatta India's first satellite.
• Controlling extremism in punjab.
• High command culture in INC.
• Pokharan 1/'Smiling Buddha'-India's first nuclear test.
• Starting subsidy culture.
FUNCTIONS AS A PM
• Operation Blue star

• Foreign policy

• Economic policy

• Domestic policy
LEGACY
• The Indhira Awass Yojana ,a central government low -cost housing
programme for the rural poor,is named after her.The international
airport at New Delhi is named Indhira Gandhi international Airport in
her honour.The Indhira Gandhi National open university,the largest
university in the world
• The indhira Gandhi Memorial Trust also constituted the annual
Indhira Gandhi prize.
Assassination of Indhira Gandhi
• Indhira Gandhi was assassinated on october 31,1984.while she was in
her garden ,two of her bodyguards unleashed a barrage of gunfire
that struck the PM.

• Indhira Gandhi was rushed to the hospital after the barrage of


bullets.surgery was attempted to remove the bullets,but Gandhi did
not survive the procedure.

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