Shrimati Indira Gandhi English Eassy.
The first lady Prime Minister
After the death of Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri, Shrimati Indira Gandhi became the Prime Minister of India in 1966. She established her worth and emerged as the strongest Prime Minster and the President of the Congress Party. The congress Party was divided as soon ashen took reigns of the country but she overcame all hurdles and proved that the congress was the real congress party.
💥 SHRIMATI INDIRA GANDHI ENGLISH EASSY
She was born on Nov. 19, 1917 at Anand Bhawan at Allahabad in U.P. Her grandparents fondly called her ‘Indu whaler her parents named her ‘Priyadarshni’. She received her education at several placed because her father Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru was mostly in prison. Her Primary education was completed at Allahabad. Then she was sent to A Poona. Later on she was shifted to Oxford and after this she was sent to Switzerland, she, however, completed her education at Shanti Niketan under the table guidance of Shri Ravindra Nath Tagore.
As a student she took keep interest in Political movements in the country. She formed ‘Vanar Sena’ and recruited 6000 members in it at the age of 12 only. For taking part in the freedom movement she was sent to prison with thousand others. She worked with Mahatma Gandhi and was made the President of the Congress party in 1959 due to her abilities and farsightedness. In 1964, she became the Minister of Information and broadcasting in the Cabinet of shri Lal Bahadur Shastri.
In the beginning many of her supporters thought the they would influence her to get their interests fulfilled, but it was wrong to think as she took tough decisions independently and asserted her authority. During her tenure as Prime Minister, she had to face many storms in the country a weal as in her party. But by dexterity she came out as triumphant in them. She imposed emergency to crush the fast growing terrorism in Punjab. She nationalized 14 Banks in the country at the end of the month as she gave her wholehearted support in its formation and sent Indian military to defeat Pakistan.
