Indira Gandhi was one of the greatest women of India. Her childhood name was Priyadarshini. She was born at Allahabad on l9th November, 1917. She was the illustrious daughter of an illustrious father', Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of India.
She was born with patriotic feelings, her grandfather, Motilal Nehru and father Jawaharlal Nehru both being great patriots. She was greatly impressed by Gandhiji when she visited the Sabarmati Ashram.
She got her early education at home. She did her matriculation from Pune and later joined the Shantiniketan started by Rabindra Nath Tagore. Later she studied in Switzerland and England.
Her mother, Kamala Nehru died in 1937. It was a big shock to her. Now, she undertook looking after her father. Later, she married Feroze Gandhi, a Parsi in 1941, in the teeth of opposition from conservative Hindus.
After Jawaharlal Nehru became the Prime Minister of India as
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