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The leaders remembered her contributions to the nation and highlighted her legacy of leadership and service.
Top Congress Leaders Honour Former PM Indira Gandhi with Heartfelt Tributes
New Delhi: A ceremony of remembrance was held at Shakti Sthal on Wednesday to commemorate the 108th birth anniversary of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.
Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge, Parliamentary Party Chairperson Sonia Gandhi, Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi, AICC General Secretary KC Venugopal, and other senior leaders paid homage to the former Prime Minister this morning.
The leaders remembered her contributions to the nation and highlighted her legacy of leadership and service.
The event was attended by senior party members and supporters who gathered to honor the life and work of Indira Gandhi.
A backgrounder of India’s first female PM
Born on 19 November, 1917, to India’s first Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru and Kamala Nehru, Indira Gandhi served as the first and only woman prime minister from January 1966 to March 1977 and again from January 1980 until her assassination in October 1984.
She was shot dead by two of her own bodyguards at her official residence at Akbar Road on October 31, 1984, which led to anti-Sikh riots in several parts of the country.
She was the second-longest-serving Prime Minister after Nehru and was well-known for path-breaking economic and social reforms, including the nationalisation of banks. She also abolished the privy purses of the erstwhile princely states.
Also known as the ‘Iron Lady of India,’ Indira Gandhi was actively involved in the freedom movements, including starting the ‘Bal Charkha Sangh’ and ‘Vanar Sena’ to support the Congress during the Civil disobedience movement and fight against the British forces.
Hailed as one of the tallest world leaders, she was assassinated by her own Sikh bodyguards at her residence on Akbar Road on October 31, 1984. This came after Operation Bluestar was executed at Amritsar’s Golden Temple, wherein Gandhi ordered the Indian Army to confront Sikh separatists who had taken shelter at the holy shrine.
Born on November 19, 1917, to India’s first Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru and Kamala Nehru, Indira Gandhi served as the first and only woman prime minister from January 1966 to March 1977 and again from January 1980 until her assassination in October 1984.
She was the second longest-serving Prime Minister after Nehru and was well-known for path-breaking economic and social reforms, including the nationalisation of banks. She also abolished the privy purses of the erstwhile princely states.
Indira Gandhi, who was hailed as one of the tallest world leaders, was assassinated by her own Sikh bodyguards at her residence on Akbar Road on October 31, 1984. This came after Operation Bluestar was executed at Amritsar’s Golden Temple, wherein Gandhi ordered the Indian Army to confront Sikh separatists who had taken shelter at the holy shrine.
Under her, India fought the 1971 Indo-Pakistan war, which eventually secured the creation of an independent Bangladesh. Indian forces supported Bangladesh’s ‘Mukti Vahini’. In 1967, a military conflict broke out between India and China, leading to the deaths of multiple Chinese and Indian soldiers and resulting in the withdrawal of Chinese forces from Sikkim. 8 years later, in 1975, Sikkim was incorporated into the Indian union after a referendum called for it.
