About Indira Gandhi
Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi was an Indian politician who served as the prime minister of India from 1966 to 1977 and again from 1980 until her assassination in 1984. She was India's first and only female prime minister, and a central figure in Indian politics as the leader of the Indian National Congress (INC). She was the daughter of Jawaharlal Nehru, the first prime minister of India, and the mother of Rajiv Gandhi, who succeeded her as prime minister. Her cumulative tenure of 15 years and 350 days makes her the second-longest-serving Indian prime minister after her father.
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Awards & Honors
honorary doctor of Waseda University
honorary doctorate of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
honorary doctor of the Sorbonne Nouvelle University
Lenin Peace Prize
Bharat Ratna
Order of José Martí
Order of the Rose
Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding
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honorary citizen of Kyiv
Gold Olympic Order
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