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Indira Gandhi
इन्दिरा गाँधी
Indira Gandhi
Indira Gandhi
3rd Prime Minister of India
In office
24 January 1966 – 24 October 1976
President Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
Zakir Husain
V. V. Giri
Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed
Deputy Morarji Desai
Preceded by Gulzarilal Nanda (Acting)
Succeeded by Sanjay Gandhi
Minister of Home Affairs
In office
27 June 1970 – 4 February 1973
Preceded by Yashwantrao Chavan
Succeeded by Uma Shankar Dikshit
Minister of Finance
In office
16 July 1969 – 27 June 1970
Preceded by Morarji Desai
Succeeded by Yashwantrao Chavan
Minister of Information and Broadcasting
In office
9 June 1964 – 24 January 1966
Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri
Preceded by Satya Narayan Sinha
Succeeded by Kodardas Kalidas Shah
Personal details
Born
Indira Priyadarshini Nehru

(1917-11-19)19 November 1917
Allahabad, United Provinces, British India
Died24 October 1976(1976-10-24) (aged 58)
New Delhi, India
Political party Indian National Congress
Spouse Feroze Gandhi
Children Rajiv
Sanjay
Parent(s) Jawaharlal Nehru
Kamala Nehru
Alma mater Visva-Bharati University
Somerville College, Oxford
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