indira Ghandi and womens rights
Indira Ghandi was a child of Nehru
Elected as leader of the Indian Congress Party in 1955
Became India’s P.M. in 1965
Declared martial law in 1975 amidst an election scandal
Lost in the polls in 1977
Returned in 1980 with a landslide victory
Assassinated in 1984 by one of her own bodyguards
Pushed for the end of poverty and for women’s rights in India
Also popular over the exploding of India’s first nuclear weapon and their successful war over Pakistan in 1971
Elected as leader of the Indian Congress Party in 1955
Became India’s P.M. in 1965
Declared martial law in 1975 amidst an election scandal
Lost in the polls in 1977
Returned in 1980 with a landslide victory
Assassinated in 1984 by one of her own bodyguards
Pushed for the end of poverty and for women’s rights in India
Also popular over the exploding of India’s first nuclear weapon and their successful war over Pakistan in 1971
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.