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- NAME: Indira Gandhi
- OCCUPATION: Prime Minister
- BIRTH DATE: November 19, 1917
- DEATH DATE: October 31, 1984
- EDUCATION: Visva-Bharati University, University of Oxford
- PLACE OF BIRTH: Allahabad, India
- PLACE OF DEATH: New Delhi, India
- Full Name: Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi
- AKA: Indira Gandhi
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Indira Gandhi was India's third prime minister, serving from 1966 until 1984, when her life ended in assassination. She was the daughter of Jawaharlal Nehru, India's first prime minister.
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Indira Gandhi - Sikh Confrontation
As confrontations between the Indian state and Sikh extremists rose, Indira Gandhi was forced to take action.
Indira Gandhi - Death of Her Son
After the death of her son Sanjay, Indira Gandhi lost her favored successor to her legacy.
Indira Gandhi - Her Father's Legacy
After the death of Jawaharlal Nehru, his daughter, Indira Gandhi eventually became the successor to his legacy.
Indira Gandhi - Decline of a Free India
As controversy with Indira Gandhi's politics arose, she was convicted of electoral malpractice and asked to step down, but she flatly refused.
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Sikh extremists held a campaign inside the Golden Temple, and Gandhi ordered some 70,000 soldiers to purge the sacred space. More than 450 people died.
On October 31, 1984, a trusted bodyguard, who was a Sikh, pulled out a .38 revolver and shot her point-blank. Another bodyguard, also a Sikh, then took out an automatic weapon and shot 30 rounds into her body. Gandhi died on the way to the hospital.
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