The Tempestuous Nehru Dynasty of India

Indira Gandhi proved to be one of the most headstrong and indomitable Prime Ministers of India.
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A Force of Nature
Indira Gandhi proved to be one of the most headstrong and indomitable Prime Ministers of India. She served two successive terms, was thrown into jail after declaring Emergency rule to govern by decree and then came back for a third term in 1980. Her two sons, Sanjay (the younger, left, her favorite) and Rajiv would leave different political legacies. Rajiv did not care for politics leaving Sanjay to be seen as heir apparent to their mother. But Sanjay would die in a 1980 plane crash...

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