Indira Gandhi and Women’s Rights
- Indira Ghandi was a child of Nehru
-Elected as leader of the Indian Congress Party in 1955
-Became India's P.M. in 1965
-Declared martial law in 1975 amidst an election scandal
-Lost in the polls in 1977
-Returned in 1980 with a landslide victory
-Assassinated in 1984 by one of her own bodyguards
-Pushed for the end of poverty and for women's rights in India
-Also popular over the exploding of India's first nuclear weapon and their successful war over Pakistan in 1971
-Elected as leader of the Indian Congress Party in 1955
-Became India's P.M. in 1965
-Declared martial law in 1975 amidst an election scandal
-Lost in the polls in 1977
-Returned in 1980 with a landslide victory
-Assassinated in 1984 by one of her own bodyguards
-Pushed for the end of poverty and for women's rights in India
-Also popular over the exploding of India's first nuclear weapon and their successful war over Pakistan in 1971
Summary
Indira Gandhi was daughter of Nehru and was elected as leader of the Indian Congress Party in 1955. She became India's Prime MInister in 1965 and declared martial law in 1975 because of election scandal but lost in 1977. Then she won in 1980 with a landslide. But was assassinated in 1984 by one of her bodyguards.