Definitions for indira gandhi
in·di·ra gand·hi

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Gandhi, Indira Gandhi, Indira Nehru Gandhi, Mrs. Gandhinoun

   daughter of Nehru who served as prime minister of India from 1966 to 1977 (1917-1984)

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Indira Gandhi

   Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi (Hindi: [ˈɪnd̪ɪɾɑː ˈɡɑːnd̪ʰi] (listen); née Nehru; 19 November 1917 – 31 October 1984) was an Indian politician and stateswoman who served as the third prime minister of India from 1966 to 1977 and from 1980 until her assassination in 1984. She was India's first, and to date only, female prime minister and a central figure of the Indian National Congress. Gandhi was the daughter of Jawaharlal Nehru, the first prime minister of India, and the mother of Rajiv Gandhi, who succeeded her in office as the sixth Indian prime minister. Furthermore, Gandhi's cumulative tenure of 15 years and 350 days makes her the country's second-longest-serving prime minister after her father. During Nehru's premiership from 1947 to 1964, Gandhi served as his hostess, and accompanied him on his numerous foreign trips. In 1959, she was elected president of the Indian National Congress. Although largely a ceremonial position her tenure then as party president is remembered for part in getting the Communist led Kerala State Government dismissed in 1959. Lal Bahadur Shastri, who had succeeded her father as prime minister upon his death in 1964, appointed her minister of information and broadcasting in his government; the same year she was elected to the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian Parliament. On Shastri's sudden death in January 1966, Gandhi defeated her rival Morarji Desai in the Congress Party parliamentary leadership election to become leader, and thus also succeeded Shastri as prime minister. She led the Congress to victory in two subsequent elections, starting with the 1967 general election, in which she was first elected to the Lok Sabha. After losing the 1977 elections,her fation of the Congress party returned to power in the 1980 elections. As prime minister, Gandhi was known for her political intransigency and unprecedented centralisation of power. She went to war with Pakistan in support of the independence movement and war of independence in East Pakistan, which resulted in an Indian victory and the creation of Bangladesh, as well as increasing India's influence to the point where it became the sole regional power of South Asia. Citing separatist tendencies, and in response to a call for revolution, Gandhi instituted a state of emergency from 1975 to 1977 where basic civil liberties were suspended and the press was censored. Widespread atrocities were carried out during that period. Following the long-postponed national parliamentary elections which she called during the emergency, Gandhi was voted out of office and even lost her parliament seat. She returned to power in 1980 with another landslide victory, helped by her charismatic leadership in opposition to the first non-Congress government in independent modern India's history under Janata Party rule. Gandhi faced the growing Sikh separatism throughout her second premiership; in response, she ordered Operation Blue Star, which involved military action in the Golden Temple and resulted in bloodshed with hundreds of Sikhs killed. On 31 October 1984, Gandhi was assassinated by her own bodyguards, both of whom were Sikh nationalists seeking retribution for the events at the temple. In 1999, Gandhi was named "Woman of the Millennium" in an online poll organised by the BBC. In 2020, Gandhi was named by Time magazine among the world's 100 powerful women who defined the last century.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. indira gandhi

   Indira Gandhi was an Indian politician and central figure of the Indian National Congress party. She was the first and, to date, the only female Prime Minister of India, serving from 1966 to 1977 and again from 1980 until her assassination in 1984. As the daughter of India's first Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, she is also known for her political legacy which includes controversial policies like a nationwide emergency from 1975 to 1977.

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Indira Gandhi

   Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi was the third Prime Minister of India and a central figure of the Indian National Congress party. Gandhi, who served from 1966 to 1977 and then again from 1980 until her assassination in 1984, is the second-longest-serving Prime Minister of India and the only woman to hold the office. Indira Gandhi was the only child of Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru. She served as the Chief of Staff of her father's highly centralized administration between 1947 and 1964 and came to wield considerable unofficial influence in government. Elected Congress President in 1959, she was offered the premiership in succession to her father. Gandhi refused and instead chose to become a cabinet minister in the government. She finally consented to become Prime Minister in succession to Lal Bahadur Shastri in 1966. 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 to become the regional hegemon of South Asia with considerable political, economic, and military developments. Gandhi also presided over a state of emergency from 1975 to 1977 during which she ruled by decree and made lasting changes to the constitution of India. She was assassinated in the aftermath of Operation Blue Star.

Suggested ResourcesRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. indira gandhi

   Quotes by indira gandhi -- Explore a large variety of famous quotes made by indira gandhi on the Quotes.net website.

Matched Categories

1. • Statesman

Anagrams for indira gandhi »

1. hi grand india

How to pronounce indira gandhi?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say indira gandhi in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of indira gandhi in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of indira gandhi in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of indira gandhi in a Sentence

1. Ursula K. Le Guin:

   Public speaking is done in the public tongue, the national or tribal language; and the language of our tribe is the men's language. Of course women learn it. We're not dumb. If you can tell Margaret Thatcher from Ronald Reagan, or Indira Gandhi from General Somoza, by anything they say, tell me how. This is a man's world, so it talks a man's language.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=indira gandhi
2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indira_Gandhi
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
4. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=indira gandhi