Indira Gandhi

**Indira Gandhi** (19 November 1917 – 31 October 1984) was an Indian politician. She was The Prime Minister of India from 1966 to 1977. She was the daughter of Jawaharlal Nehru, who was also The Prime Minister of India. Her son, Rajiv Gandhi, later became The Prime Minister of India. She married Feroze Gandhi, who was in fact, not related to the civil rights leader, Mahatma Gandhi.

Indira Gandhi was the first woman prime minister of India. In 1938, Indira joined the Indian National Congress Party. After the death of Lal Bahadur Shastri in 1966, Indira Gandhi served as prime minister until India held the next election. She won that election in 1967 and became one of the first women elected to lead a democracy.

Indira Gandhi was Prime Minister of India twice. She served the first time between 1966 and 1977 and the second time between 1980 and 1984. She also studied at the University of Oxford.

## Death

On October 31, 1984, Indira Gandhi was gunned down by her bodyguards, both of whom were Sikh extremists seeking retribution for the events at the temple.

## Burial

Gandhi's body was taken in a gun carriage through Delhi roads on the morning of 1 November to Teen Murti Bhavan, where her father stayed and where she lay in state. She was cremated with full state honors on 3 November near Raj Ghat, a memorial to Mahatma Gandhi, at an area named Shakti Sthal. Her eldest son and successor, Rajiv, lit the pyre.

## Other websites

- Official website of Indira Gandhi
- Indira's timeline
- Indira's Milestone

## Infobox (officeholder)

- **name**: Indira Gandhi
- **image**: IndiraGandhi.png
- **caption**: Indira Gandhi  1983
- **office**: List of Prime Ministers of India, 3rd Prime Minister of India
- **president**: Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
Zail Singh
- **term start**: 14 January 1980
- **term end**: 31 October 1984
- **predecessor**: Charan Singh
- **successor**: Rajiv Gandhi
- **president2**: Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
Zakir Hussain (politician), Zakir Hussain
V. V. Giri
Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed
- **deputy2**: Morarji Desai
- **term start2**: 24 January 1966
- **term end2**: 24 March 1977
- **predecessor2**: Gulzarilal Nanda <small>(acting)</small>
- **successor2**: Morarji Desai
- **office3**: Minister of External Affairs (India), Minister of External Affairs
- **term start3**: 9 March 1984
- **term end3**: 31 October 1984
- **predecessor3**: P. V. Narasimha Rao
- **successor3**: Rajiv Gandhi
- **term start4**: 22 August 1967
- **term end4**: 14 March 1969
- **predecessor4**: M. C. Chagla
- **successor4**: Dinesh Singh
- **office5**: Minister of Defence (India), Minister of Defence
- **term start5**: 14 January 1980
- **term end5**: 15 January 1982
- **predecessor5**: Chidambaram Subramaniam
- **term start6**: 30 November 1975
- **term end6**: 20 December 1975
- **predecessor6**: Sardar Swaran Singh
- **successor6**: Bansi Lal
- **office7**: Minister for Home Affairs (India), Minister of Home Affairs
- **term start7**: 27 June 1970
- **term end7**: 4 February 1973
- **predecessor7**: Yashwantrao Chavan
- **successor7**: Uma Shankar Dikshit
- **office8**: Minister of Finance (India), Minister of Finance
- **term start8**: 16 July 1969
- **term end8**: 27 June 1970
- **predecessor8**: Morarji Desai
- **successor8**: Yashwantrao Chavan
- **birth name**: Indira Priyadarshini Nehru
- **birth place**: Allahabad, United Provinces of Agra and Oudh, United Provinces, British Raj, British India
- **death place**: New Delhi, Delhi, India
- **death cause**: Assassination by firearm
- **alma mater**: University of Oxford, Somerville College, Oxford
- **party**: Indian National Congress
- **relations**: Jawaharlal Nehru (father)
Kamala Nehru (mother)
- **spouse**: Feroze Gandhi, Feroze Khan
- **children**: Rajiv Gandhi, Rajiv
Sanjay Gandhi, Sanjay
- **native name**: इंदिरा गांधी