Indira Gandhi
Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi (born 19th November 1917) is the current Prime Minister of India and is of the Nehru dynasty.
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Mrs Gandhi was born in Uttar Pradesh in 1917. She attended Somerville College, Oxford during the late 1930s and became a member of the radical pro-independence London based India League. When she returned to India, she campaigned for a free India and independance came in 1947.
During 1959 and 1960, Gandhi ran for and was elected the President of the Indian National Congress. Her term of office was uneventful. She also acted as her father's chief of staff. In 1965, she became a voice of calm during the Indo-Pakistani War and this gave her the support she needed to become the first female Prime Minister of India. It was under Mrs Gandhi that the Indians successfully tested a nuclear weapon in 1974 and this has been a key issue for the world. Despite a state of emergency in 1975 which lasted until 1977, Indira Gandhi has successfully kept India stable as Prime Minister.