Indira Gandhi and Women’s Rights
-Indira Ghandi was a child of Nehru (the first prime minister of India). Although some would expect her to be related to Ghandi there is in fact no relation.
-Was elected as leader of the Indian Congress Party in 1955 and became India’s Prime Minister in 1965
-Declared martial law in 1975 amidst an election scandal
-Lost in the polls in 1977
-Returned in 1980 with a landslide victory
-Assassinated in 1984 by one of her own bodyguards
-Pushed for the end of poverty and for women’s rights in India
-Also popular over the exploding of India’s first nuclear weapon and their successful war over Pakistan in 1971
-Was elected as leader of the Indian Congress Party in 1955 and became India’s Prime Minister in 1965
-Declared martial law in 1975 amidst an election scandal
-Lost in the polls in 1977
-Returned in 1980 with a landslide victory
-Assassinated in 1984 by one of her own bodyguards
-Pushed for the end of poverty and for women’s rights in India
-Also popular over the exploding of India’s first nuclear weapon and their successful war over Pakistan in 1971