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Indira Gandhi birth anniversary: 5 rare pictures of India`s `Iron Lady`
Indira Gandhi, the daughter of Independent India's first PM Jawaharlal Nehru was born on November 19, 1917. Today marks the 105th birth anniversary of an influential woman who emerged as the 'Iron Lady' of the country and served as PM from January 1966 to March 1977 and again from January 1980 until her assassination in October 1984, making her the second longest-serving Indian prime minister after her father. Indira Gandhi's full name was Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi and she is the first and only woman prime minister of India till date. Here is a collection of some rare pictures of Indira Gandhi
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Indira Gandhi with parents Jawaharlal Nehru and Kamala Nehru
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Indira Gandhi with field marshal Sam Manekshaw
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Indira Gandhi answers journalists questions
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Indira Gandhi with Rabindranath Tagore at Shanti Niketan
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Indira Gandhi with her sons Rajiv Gandhi and Sanjay Gandhi
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