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Indira Gandhi Who is Indira Gandhi? Indira Gandhi was an Indian politician and India’s first and only female Prime Minister to date. She was also an important figure of the Indian National Congress, one of the oldest political parties in the country. Daughter of Jawaharlal Nehru, India’s first prime minister and a central figure of the Indian freedom struggle, she was the second longest-serving Indian prime minister after him. Gandhi served as India’s prime minister for almost 14 years throughout her career along with holding the position of Minister of Information and Broadcasting in the 1964’s cabinet. Gandhi was not only a notable figure in India’s political history, owing to her decision-making prowess but was also a strong symbol of the rise of the feminist movement in the Indian subcontinent. Early Life And Rise To Prominence Born Indira Nehru, on November 19, 1917, in Allahabad to Jawaharlal and Kamala Nehru, both important figures in India’s freedom movement, it’s safe to say ...

A new biography of one of India’s most firebrand union leaders and former Central minister George Fernandes will trace his journey from the streets of Bombay to the corridors of power in Delhi, announced the Penguin Random House India (PRHI) on Saturday. Former Defence Minister George Fernandes. (Express photo by Ashok Nath Dey) “The Life and Times of George Fernandes”, written by Rahul Ramagundam, will be released under Penguin’s ‘Allen Lane’ imprint on July 25. The announcement of the “first comprehensive biography” on the veteran socialist leader, widely considered an anti-Emergency hero, marks the 47th anniversary of the Emergency. Fernandes, born on June 3, 1930, in Mangalore to a Christian family, burst into national limelight when as a trade unionist in Mumbai he organised a Railways strike in 1974 that brought the country to a standstill. He became the Railways minister in 1989 under V P Singh’s National Front coalition government, comprising mostly Left-leaning parties. Ferna...