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Indira Gandhi, one of the best-known women of the 20th century, was Prime Minister of India, daughter of Jawaharlal Nehru, mother of Sanjay and Rajiv Gandhi, mother-in-law of politician Sonia Gandhi. She was assassinated in 1984.

Indira Gandhi Quotes

Quotes by Indira Gandhi - part of an extensive collection of quotations by notable women.

Feminine Mystique: Time

Time article from 1997, on the South Asian concept of "shakti," or female power, applied to the large number of female presidents and prime ministers in that area today.

Indira Gandhi (Priyadarshini)

Biography from Biography.com.

History and Politics, Indira Gandhi

From the Indian site "Manas," a biography of Indira Gandhi with a photograph from her later years.

How Indira Gandhi sowed the seeds of hate

An article by Ashok Mitra on the role of Indira Gandhi in Sri Lanka and Tamil politics.

Indira Gandhi

Entry on the "Distinguished Women" web site, from Danuta Bois.

Indira Gandhi

Women.com awards Indira Gandhi a position in their "woman of the millennium" feature, 1999.

Indira Gandhi

From "The Glass Ceiling Biographies."

Indira Gandhi

Summary of the contributions of Indira Gandhi to India, part of a "100 People Who Shaped India" feature.

Indira Gandhi

From IndiaParenting, a biography of India's first (and at the end of the 20th century only) female Prime Minister.

Indira Gandhi

Biography from Gale Group.

Still on Top: the Nehrus

From Time, a story of the Nehru family including Indira Gandhi, daughter of Jawaharlal Nehru, and her sons and her daughter-in-law, Sonia Gandhi. Dated June, 1999.

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