December 06, 2024
Indira Gandhi, the third Prime Minister of India, was born on 19th November 1917. She served the nation from 1966 to 1977 and then again from 1980 until 1984. She was an Indian Socialist, politician and till date the only female to hold the position of Prime Minister in India.
Other Name: | Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi |
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Other Professions: | Politician Socialist |
AWARD NAME | AWARD CATEGORY | RECEIPT YEAR | RECEIPT FIELD |
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Bharat Ratna | Civilian Award | 1971 | Social Work |
Indira Gandhi died on 31-10-1984 in New- Delhi, India. The assailants had fired 31 bullets at her from two sources, a Sten gun, and a pistol. From which 30 bullets had hit, 23 had passed through her body and 7 were trapped inside her.
She was declared dead at 2:20 PM at AIIMS. Her post-mortem examination was conducted by a team of doctors headed by Dr. T.D. Dogra. He extracted bullets from her body. He established the identity of the weapons and to match each weapon with the bullets. The bullets were matched with respective weapons at CFSL Delhi. Salma Sultan gave the first news of her death on Doordarshan's evening news on 31 October 1984, after 10 hours from her shot. She died two weeks and five days before her 67th birthday.
DEATHDAY | 31 October,1984 (Wednesday) |
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DEATH PLACE | New Delhi |
DEATH COUNTRY | India |
She was born to Jawaharlal Nehru and Kamala Nehru. She got married to Feroze Gandhi at the age of 25. They had two sons named Rajiv and Sanjay.
Skin Colour | Fair |
Eye Colour | Black |
Hair Colour | Salt & Pepper |
Home Town | Allahabad, India |
Nationality | Indian |
Religion | Hindu |
Address | New Delhi, India |
School | Modern School, Delhi, St Cecilia's and St Mary's Christian convent schools, Allahabad Badminton School |
College | University of Mumbai Visva-Bharati University, Santiniketan Somerville College |
Qualification | Graduation |
Hobbies | Travelling, Listening Music |
Marital Status | Married |
Salary | N/A |
Net Worth | N/A |
Official Website | N/A |
Favorite Color | Black |
Favorite Sport | Hockey |
Favorite Politician | Jawaharlal Nehru |
Favorite Place | London |
Indira Gandhi was 66 years 11 months & 12 days old age.