4. INDIRA PRIYAI GANDHI
was the third Prime
Minister of India and a
central figure in Indian
politics during the second
half of the 20th century.
She was elected a record
four terms as Prime
Minister from 1966–77
and again from 1980
until her assassination in
1984.
Indira Gandhi was the
only child of Indian Prime
Minister Jawaharlal
5. As Prime Minister, Gandhi became known for her
political ruthlessness and unprecedented
centralisation of power. She presided over a period
where India emerged with greater power than before
.She ruled by decree and made lasting changes to the
constitution of India. She also came first in the
"Woman of the Millennium" poll organised by the in
1999.
7. Indira Gandhi was born on 19 November 1917 at the Anand
Bhavan in the historically important town of Allahabad, in
what was then the United Provinces of agra and Oudh, into
the politically influential Nehru family.[2] Indira Gandhi's
father was Jawaharlal Nehru and her mother was Kamla Nehru.
Her grandfather, Motilal Nehru, was a prominent Indian
nationalist leader. Her father, Jawaharlal Nehru, was a pivotal
figure in the independence movement of India.
9. Gandhi presided over three Five-
Year plans as Prime Minister. All
but one of them succeeding in
meeting the targeted
growth.There is considerable
debate regarding whether Gandhi
was a socialist on principle or out
of political expediency. S. K.
Datta-Ray described her as "a
master of rhetoric...often more
posture than policy", while the The
Times journalist, Peter
Hazelhurst, famously quipped
that Gandhi's socialism was
"slightly left of self-interest.“.
11. The Green Revolution in
India subsequently culminated under
Gandhi in the 1970s and transformed
the country from a nation heavily
reliant on imported grains and prone
to famine to being largely able to feed
itself, and become successful in
achieving its goal of food security.
Gandhi had a personal motive in
pursuing agricultural self-sufficiency,
having found India's dependency on
the United States for shipments of
grains in exchange for diplomatic
support for the intervention in
Vietnam humiliating.
13. The principle of equal pay for equal work for both men
and women was enshrined in the Indian Constitution
under the Gandhi administration.Gandhi questioned the
continued existence of a privy purses for Indian
monarchs. She argued the case for abolition based on
equal rights for all citizens and the need to reduce the
government's revenue deficit. The nobility responded by
rallying around the jana Sangh and other right-wing
parties that stood in opposition to Gandhi's attempts to
abolish royal privileges. The motion to abolish privy
purses, and the official recognition of the titles, was
originally brought before the Parliament in 1970. It was
passed in the Lok Sabha but felt short of the two-
thirds majority in the Rajya Sabha by a single vote.
15. Operation Blue Star:
In the 1977 elections, a coalition led by the Sikh-majority Akali Dal came to power in the
northern Indian state of Punjab. In an effort to split the Akali Dal and gain popular support
among the Sikhs, Indira Gandhi's Congress helped bring the orthodox religious
leader Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale to prominence in the Punjab politics.
Later, Bhindranwale's organisation Damdami Taksal became embroiled in violence with
another religious sect called the Sant Nirankari Mission, and he was accused of
instigating the murder of the Congress leader Jagat Narain. After being arrested in this
matter, Bhindranwale disassociated himself from Congress.
17. On 31 October 1984, two of Gandhi's bodyguards, Satwant
Singh and Beant Singh, shot her with their service weapons
in the garden of the Prime Minister's residence. Gnndhi was
cremated on 3 November near Raj Ghat. The site where she
was cremated is today known as Shakti Sthala,
18. “I am alive today, I may not be there
tomorrow. I shall continue to serve till
my last breath and when I die every
drop of my blood will strengthen India
and keep a united India alive."
19.
20. We hope that you enjoyed this
presentation and got to know something
new from it , something new about one of
the greatest heroes, the symbol of
woman power, Indira Gandhi.
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