INDIRA PRIYADARSHINI

GANDHI
 Indira Priyadarshini

INDIRA PRIYADARSHINI GANDHI

Gandhi
Birth: 19 Nov. 1917
Death: 31 Oct 1984
Father: Jawaher lal
nehru
Mother :Kamala
Nehru
Achievement : First
Indian women PM

Quote:
Even if I died in the
service of the nation, I
would be proud of it.
Every drop of my
blood... will contribute
to the growth of this
nation and to make it
strong and dynamic.
 PARENTS OF INDIRA GANDHI
Pt. Jawaher lal nehru Kamala Nehru
SHE WAS BORN
ON
19 NOV. 1917
HER
CHILDHOOD

Indira Gandhi had a

lonely childhood, with
some of her most vivid
remembrances being the
entry into her home of
British policemen. As her
parents did not want to
send her to any of the
British schools in India,
Indira Gandhi's education
took place at a series of
Indian schools and at
non-British schools in
Europe, with a number of
private tutorials
interspersed between
periods at school.
SHE SPEND HER CHILDHOOD IN BETWEEN WITH SOME
GREAT FREEDOM FIGHTERS
IN 1934–35, AFTER FINISHING SCHOOL, INDIRA JOINED
SHANTINIKETAN, A SCHOOL SET UP BY
RABINDRANATH TAGORE, WHO GAVE HER THE NAME
PRIYADARSHINI
INDIRA GANDHI AT LONDON
While studying at
Somerville College,
University of Oxford,
England, during the
late 1930s, she
became a member
of the radical pro-
independence
London based
India League.
SHE MARRIED WITH FIROJ GANDHI
IN 26 MAR 1942 IN ANAND BHAWAN AT ALLAHABAD
INDIRA AND FIROJ BOTH WERE MEMBER OF INDIAN NATIONAL
CONGRESS, AND WHEN THEY TOOK PART IN THE
QUIT INDIA MOVEMENT IN 1942, THEY WERE BOTH ARRESTED.
SHE BECAME FIRST LADY PM OF
INDIA
IN 14 JANUARY 1980 – 31 OCTOBER 1984
INDIRA WITH HER FAMILY
INDIRA WITH HER GRANDSON
INDIRA AT INDEPENDENT DAY 1971
INDIRA LIFE IN PHOTO
 Indira Priyadarshini

INDIRA’S DEATH
Gandhi

She died on 31 Oct

1984

Indira Gandhi was on

her way to be
interviewed by the
British actor
Peter Ustinov, who
was filming a
documentary for Irish
television. She was
walking through the
garden of the Prime
Minister's Residence
at No. 1, Safdarjung
Road in New Delhi. As
she passed a wicket
gate guarded by
Satwant Singh and
Beant Singh, they
opened fire. Beant
Singh fired three
rounds into her from
his side-arm, and
Satwant Singh then
fired 30 rounds from
his sten gun into her
prostrate body. Beant
Singh was shot dead
by other bodyguards
at the scene of the
assassination.
Satwant Singh was