Why Indira Gandhi Is Known As The Iron Lady of India All You Need To Know About Her

Today marks the 107th birth anniversary of the first and only female prime minister of India, Indira Gandhi

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Gandhi, nicknamed as the Iron lady of India, was born on November 19, 1917, to Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of independent India, and Kamala Nehru, a freedom fighter in Allahabad

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She married Feroze Gandhi in 1942. They had two sons, Rajiv Gandhi and Sanjay Gandhi

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Gandhi's first eleven years serving as prime minister saw her evolve from the perception of Congress party leaders as their puppet, to a strong leader

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With the iron resolve to split the party over her policy positions or to go to war with Pakistan to assist Bangladesh in the 1971 liberation war

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At the end of 1977, she was such a dominating figure in Indian politics that Congress party president D. K. Barooah coined the phrase "India is Indira and Indira is India"

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Gandhi remained in power till 1977 after which her popularity started decreasing among the masses. The main reason for this dislike was alleged electoral malpractice

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Gandhi conducted India’s first nuclear test Pokhran I in 1974. The first test code named ‘Smiling Buddha’, was called a “peaceful nuclear explosion”

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Gandhi calls for a state emergency from 1975 to 1977 where basic civil liberties were suspended, and the press was censored

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Gandhi ordered the Indian army to enter the Golden Temple to remove Bhindranwale and his supporters from the complex. The army used heavy artillery, including tanks, in the action code-named Operation Blue Star

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The operation badly damaged or destroyed parts of the Temple complex, including the Akal Takht shrine and the Sikh library

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The hatred for Gandhi among the Sikhs grew to such an extent that she was assassinated by her Sikh bodyguard on October 31st, 1984

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The bodyguards shot her down with their service revolvers in at the prime minister's residence at 1 Safdarjung Road, New Delhi

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Rajiv Gandhi became the next prime minister as well as party chief of congress after her death

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