Indira Gandhi

Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi (Hindi: इंदिरा प्रियदर्शिनी गांधी Indirā Priyadarśinī Gāndhī; née: Nehru; 19 November 1917 – 31 October 1984) was the Prime Minister of the Republic of India for three consecutive terms from 1966 to 1977 and for a fourth term from 1980 until her assassination in 1984, serving for a total of nearly sixteen years. She was India's first and, to date, only female Prime Minister. She is not related to Mohandas Gandhi. Born ... more

Date of birth:

  • Nov 19, 1917

Date of death:

  • Oct 31, 1984 (age 66 years)

Country of nationality:

Also known as:

  • Indira Priyadarśinī Gāndhī
top ↑ top ↑ top ↑ top ↑ top ↑

Similar topics in Freebase

  • K. R. Narayanan

    K. R. Narayanan

    Kocheril Raman Narayanan (Malayalam: കോച്ചേരില്‍ രാമന്‍ നാരായണന്‍) (Travancore October 27, 1920 — New Delhi November 9, 2005), also known as K. R. Narayanan, was the tenth President of India. He was the first Dalit, and the first Malayali, to have been President. Born in Perumthanam, Uzhavoor...
  • Rajiv Gandhi

    Rajiv Gandhi

    Rajiv Ratna Gandhi (20 August 1944 – 21 May 1991), the elder son of Indira Nehru and Feroze Gandhi, was the 7th Prime Minister of India from his mother's death on 31 October 1984 until his resignation on 2 December 1989 following a general election defeat. He became the youngest Prime Minister of...
  • V. P. Singh

    V. P. Singh

    Vishwanath Pratap Singh (Hindi: विश्वनाथ प्रताप सिंह) (25 June 1931(1931-06-25) - 27 November 2008) was the 8 Prime Minister of the Republic of India and the 41 Raja Bahadur of Manda. He was born in the Rathore Royal Family of Manda to Raja Bhagwati Prasad Singh of Daiya and was later adopted by...
  • Phoolan Devi

    Phoolan Devi

    Phoolan Devi (Phūlan Devī, Hindi: फूलन देवी, Urdu: پھولن دیوی) (August 10, 1963 – July 25, 2001), popularly known as "The Bandit Queen", was an Indian dacoit and later a politician. She was notorious across India during her time as a bandit. Phoolan was born into the lower Shudra caste, in a family...
  • R. Venkataraman

    R. Venkataraman

    Ramaswamy Venkataraman(Tamil: ராமசுவாமி வெங்கட்ராமன்) (December 4, 1910 – January 27, 2009) was an Indian lawyer, freedom-fighter and politician who served as a Union minister and as the 8th President of India. Venkataraman was born in Tanjore district, Madras Presidency. He studied law and...
  • Ammu Swaminathan

    Ammu Swaminathan (1894 – 1978) was an Indian social worker and a prominent political activist during the Indian independence movement. After independence, she served as a member of the Constituent Assembly of India and later, as a member of the Rajya Sabha from Madras State. She was the matriarch...

These people have edited this topic:

Edit this topic
Edit and Show details

Add or delete facts, download data in JSON or RDF formats, and explore topic metadata.

Freebase Logo
What is Freebase?

Freebase is a huge collection of facts, built by people like you. Freebase connects facts in ways other sites can't, giving you new ways to explore millions of subjects.
You can help improve it!

Freebase Attribution

Freebase data is free for use under the CC-BY license.

The original description for Indira Gandhi was automatically generated from Wikipedia.org licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License.
[1]
Learn more about Freebase licensing and attribution