Indira Gandhi
Indira Gandhi
Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi; née Nehru; 19 November 1917 – 31 October 1984) was an Indian politician and central figure of the Indian National Congress party, and to date the only female Prime Minister of India. Indira Gandhi was the only child of India's first Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru. She served as Prime Minister from 1966 to 1977 and then again from 1980 until her assassination in 1984, making her the second-longest-serving Prime Minister after her father...
NationalityIndian
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth19 November 1917
CityAllahabad, India
CountryIndia
Indira Gandhi quotes about
A nation' s strength ultimately consists in what it can do on its own, and not in what it can borrow from others.
The immediate is often the enemy of the ultimate.
How can anybody who is the head of a nation afford not to be a prag-matist?
Have a bias toward action - let's see something happen now. You can break that big plan into small steps and take the first step right away.
In an underdeveloped society, the first anxiety is of infant mortality. In an advanced one it is to keep alive the aged.
My father was a saint, I'm not.
Ability is not always gauged by examination.
It has been my experience that people who are at cross-purposes with nature are cynical about mankind and ill at ease with themselves.
Peace we want because there is another war to fight against poverty, disease and ignorance.
The meek may one day inherit the earth, but not the headlines.
Without peace there can be no prosperity for any people, rich or poor. And yet, there can be no peace without erasing the harshness of the growing contrast between the rich and the poor.
My father was a statesman, I am a political woman. My father was a saint. I am not.
To bear many children is considered not only a religious blessing but also an investment. The greater their number, some Indians reason, the more alms they can beg.
Forgiveness is the virtue of Brave.