Indira Gandhi | MCQs

Explanation

Indira Gandhi was the daughter of Jawaharlal Nehru.

She was the first woman prime minister of India.

She serving from 1966 to 1977 and then again from 1980 until her assassination in 1984.

Her father, Jawaharlal Nehru, was the country's first Prime Minister from 1947 to 1964.

Indira Gandhi's son, Rajiv Gandhi, also became the Prime Minister of India, serving from 1984 to 1989.

Explanation

Indira Gandhi was the daughter of Jawaharlal Nehru.

She was the first woman prime minister of India.

She serving from 1966 to 1977 and then again from 1980 until her assassination in 1984.

Her father, Jawaharlal Nehru, was the country's first Prime Minister from 1947 to 1964.

Indira Gandhi's son, Rajiv Gandhi, also became the Prime Minister of India, serving from 1984 to 1989.

Explanation

• Indira Gandhi served as Prime Minister during the Emergency between 1975 to 1977.
• The emergency was a 21 month period where the then President Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed on the advice of Indira Gandhi imposed the Emergency under Article 352 of the Constitution.
• There was massive civil unrest in the country due to many factors such as:
  • 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War
  • Refugees of the war
  • Slow industrial growth 

Explanation

Third PM of India, first and only female PM of India 

She was the daughter of Jawahar lal Nehru.

She instituted a state of Emergency from 1975-1977