Remembering Indira Gandhi on her 103rd birth anniversary: Rare photos, quotes of India’s first and only female Prime Minister

Indira Gandhi, India’s first and solely feminine Prime Minister and higher often called the Iron Lady of India, was born on November 19 in 1917. Born, Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi in Allahabad (current day Prayagraj), she was the daughter of the primary Prime Minister of India, Jawaharlal Nehru. She performed a central position within the Indian National Congress, and is credited for ‘political intransigency and unprecedented centralisation of power’. In 1999, Indira Gandhi was dubbed as “Woman of the Millennium” by way of an internet BBC ballot. Most lately (2020) she was named as one of many world’s 100 highly effective ladies who outlined the final century by Time journal.

After Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi was the second longest-serving Prime Minister of India, serving her first time period between 1966 to 1977, and the second from 1981 to 1984, till her assassination by the hands of her personal safety guards. An ideal orator like her father, Indira Gandhi too spoke some very highly effective phrases. And at this time, on her 103rd delivery anniversary listed below are some memorable quotes that the Iron Lady of India mentioned. Read on:

  

Indira Gandhi’s grandson, Congress politico Rahul Gandhi additionally shared uncommon pictures of his grandmother on her delivery anniversary and captioned in Hindi, “A tribute on the birth anniversary of Indira Gandhi ji, an able and strong Prime Minister. The entire nation still hails her impressive leadership, but I always remember her as my beloved grandmother. Her teachings inspire me constantly.”

 

Grand daughter Priyanka Gandhi Vadra additionally shared a photograph of herself together with her grandmother and wrote about Kamala Harris and Indira Gandhi on Twitter in Hindi (translation), “Kamala Harris Became America’s first Vice President in 2020. Today on Indira ji’s delivery anniversary, we should always understand that the individuals of India selected a lady, Mrs. Indira Gandhi, as their Prime Minister 50 years in the past. Indira ji’s braveness and energy will at all times encourage ladies everywhere in the world.