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PM Narendra Modi pays tribute to Indira Gandhi on birth anniversary

She served as the prime minister from 1966 to 1977 and then again from 1980 until her assassination on October 31, 1984

Indira Gandhi, Birth anniversary

Congress President Sonia Gandhi with former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh during birth anniversary of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi at Shakti Sthal in New Delhi. Photo: PTI

IANS New Delhi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday paid tribute to Indira Gandhi, the first female Prime Minister of India, on her birth anniversary.

"Tributes to Indira ji on her birth anniversary," Modi said on Twitter.

Born on November 19, 1917, Indira Gandhi was the only child of the first Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru.

She served as the prime minister from 1966 to 1977 and then again from 1980 until her assassination on October 31, 1984.
 

 
Indira Gandhi, Birth anniversary
Congress President Sonia Gandhi with former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh during birth anniversary of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi at Shakti Sthal in New Delhi. Photo: PTI
 

 

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First Published: Nov 19 2015 | 9:46 AM IST

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