Indira Gandhi Facts

Here is an amazing collection of interesting political facts about Indira Gandhi, the first female prime minister of India.

• Indira Gandhi was born on November 19, 1917, in Allahabad, India.

• During her school days, Indira drew closer to Mahatma Gandhi.

• She became the Prime Minister of India in January 1966.
  

  “You must learn to be still in the midst of activity and to be vibrantly alive in repose. ” – Indira Gandhi

• She was known as the Iron Lady of India.

• Gandhi worked hard to normalize relations and reopen diplomatic establishments between India and Pakistan.

• One of her crucial economic decisions included the nationalization of fourteen major commercial banks.

• Her goal was to achieve a wider measure of social and economic justice for all Indians.

• Gandhi also led a movement that became known as the Green Revolution.

• She was also named ‘Woman of the Millennium’ in a poll organized by the BBC in 1999.
  

• The international airport at New Delhi is named Indira Gandhi International Airport in her honor.

• One of the largest universities in the world, Indira Gandhi National Open University, is named after her.

• Indira was assassinated by her Sikh bodyguards on October 31, 1984.

• In death, Gandhi remains a symbol of courage and democracy in one of the world’s most populated countries.