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Narendra Modi has beaten Indira Gandhi’s record as India’s second-longest-serving Prime Minister in an uninterrupted stint.
INDIA bloc agreed the judge made unwarranted observation on democratic rights of political parties, Congress spokesperson Supriya Shrinate said on X ...
Rahul Gandhi criticized PM Modi's silence on Trump's ceasefire claims during the Lok Sabha debate on Operation Sindoor. He ...
Anurag Thakur claimed in Lok Sabha that Indira Gandhi wrote to US President Nixon during the 1971 war, pleading for help to ...
A royal figure turned politician, Vijaya Raje Scindia was imprisoned during the Emergency imposed in 1975 by Prime Minister ...
The Emergency ended in March 1977 when Indira Gandhi called for fresh elections and was voted out of power, leading to the first non-Congress national government since independence.
Indira Gandhi had the unenviable task of keeping together a Congress that was splitting up and bridging the gap between Gandhi’s populist idealism and her own father’s more pragmatic ...
Indira Gandhi first tried to propitiate the students by making Patel resign, declaring President’s Rule, and putting the Gujarat Assembly in suspension. But this turned out to be a tactical mistake.
Indira Gandhi. Raghu Rai/Magnum Photos In spite of her unprecedented authority, Mrs. Gandhi was insecure and distrustful, and had little patience for defiance.
IMAGE: Indira Gandhi on a visit to the US in March 1966, a few weeks after becoming prime minister for the first time. After this visit she would devalue the rupee in return for aid from America ...
Before other guards could react, Indira Gandhi lay dying, with blood surging from at least 25 bullet wounds. Doctors could do nothing to save her.