journey of Indira Gandhi as prime minister

1. Prime minister Indira
Gandhi (1914-1984)

2. Jawaharlal Nehru
(1889-1964)
Indira Gandhi was the
daughter of Indian politician
Jawaharlal Nehru. Nehru was
India’s first Prime Minister. He
was a key figure in the events
that led to India gaining
independence.
Indira Gandhi worked closely
with her father during his
tenure as prime minister.
When he passed away in 1964,
there was confusion as to who
would take his spot.

3. Indira Gandhi became prime minister in 1966. She excelled in
office because she was a powerful speaker. She did a great
deal of travelling and gained support by instituting new left-
wing policies. One of the staples of her campaign was to fight
hunger and poverty.

4. POST- NEHRU INDIA
• Jawaharlal Nehru died on 27 May 1964.
• Lal Bahadur Shastri succeeded him as prime
minister.
• In 1965 the second Kashmir War india and
pakistan again went to war over Kashmir.
• The Tashkent agreement was signed under the
mediation of the Soviet government.
• Indira got elected as the President of Indian
National Congress in the late 1950s. This was her
official introduction to active politics.

5. • After the death of father Jawaharlal Nehru,
Indira became a member of the Rajya Sabha
and the Minister of Information and
Broadcasting. As 3rd PM.
• On January 19, 1966, Indira Gandhi became
India's first Prime Minister. She continued to
serve the nation at this post for almost 14
years.
• During her first term as Prime Minister of India,
she garnered much support from the public for
agricultural improvements that led to India's
self-sufficiency in food grain production

6. • The INC had split in 1969.
• Gandhi continued to govern with a slim
majority.

7. 1970s
• In 1971, Indira Gandhi and her congress were
returned to power with a massively increased
majority.
• During her first term as prime minister, Indira
nationalised 14 banks in India
• Socialist economic and industrial policies anacted.
• In the year 1971, she also led India to victory in the
Indo-Pakistan war of 1971 which led to the
formation of Bangladesh.
• After her re-election as the prime minister in 1971,
Indira Gandhi extended her support to the freedom
fighters of East Pakistan (now Bangladesh).

8. • Relations with the US grew strained, and India
signed a 20 year Treaty of Friendship with the
Soviet union- breaking explicitly for the 1st time
from non-alignment.
• In 1974, India tested its 1st nuclear weapon in
the desert of Rajasthan.
• On 26 April 1975, Sikkim formally became
India’s 22nd State.
• The PM Indira Gandhi’s elevation to immense
popularity.

9. • Gandhi was voted out of office, after she had
served three terms, for her dictatorial policies.
One of those included a 21-month state of
emergency in which the' constitutional rights
of Indians were restricted.
• In the year 1980, she was re-elected to a
fourth term.
• So overwhelming was her political personality
that during the election of 1971, opposition
leader Atal Bihari Vajpayee hailed her as
Goddess Durga.

10. • Indira Gandhi was banned from the
Parliament by the High Court of Allahabad on
charges of electoral malpractice. She regained
her position on the grounds of public support.
• On 12 June 1975 the High Court of Allahabad
declared Indira Gandhi's election to the Lok
Sabha void on grounds of electoral
malpractice.

11. Janata interlude
• Indira Gandhi’s Congress Party called for general
elections in 1977, only to suffer a humiliating
electoral defeat at the hands of the Janata party,
an amalgamation of opposition parties.
• Morarji Desai became the first non-congress
Prime Minister of India.
• The Desai administration established tribunals
to investigate Emergency-era abuses, and Indira
and Sanjay Gandhi were arrested after a report
from the Shah Commission.

12. What were the achievements of Indira
Gandhi as a Prime Minister?
• Bangladesh.
• Green revolution.
• Nationalization of banks.
• 42nd Amendment in constitution aka mini constitution.
1976 act
• Pokharan 1/'Smiling Buddha' - India's first nuclear test.
• Aryabhatta -India's first satellite.
• Controlling extremism in Punjab.
• High command culture in INC.(Indian National Congress)
• First steps towards opening India's market.
• Starting subsidy culture.

13. Functions

14. • Operation Blue Star
• Foreign policy
– South Asia
– Middle East
– Asia-Pacific
– Africa
• Economic policy
– Green Revolution and the Fourth Five Year Plan
– State of Emergency and the Fifth Five Year Plan
– Operation Forward and the Sixth Five Year Plan
– Inflation and unemployment
• Domestic policy
– Nationalisation
– Administration
– Social reform
– Language policy
– National security

15. Legacy
• The Indira Awaas Yojana, a central government
low-cost housing programme for the rural poor, is
named after her. The international airport at New
Delhi is named Indira Gandhi International
Airport in her honour. The Indira Gandhi National
Open University, the largest university in the
world, is also named after her. Indian National
Congress established the annual Indira Gandhi
Award for National Integration in 1985, given in
her memory on her death anniversary. The Indira
Gandhi Memorial Trust also constituted the
annual Indira Gandhi Prize.

16. 1984: Indira Gandhi is assassinated.
Indira Gandhi was assassinated on
October 31, 1984. While she was in
her garden, two of her bodyguards
unleashed a barrage of gunfire that
struck the prime minister.

17. Assassination of Indira Gandhi
Indira Gandhi was rushed to
the hospital after the
barrage of bullets. Surgery
was attempted to remove
the bullets, but Gandhi did
not survive the procedure.

18. Indira Gandhi
From 1967 to 1974, she was viewed as a strong Indian patriot who took critical actions
to strengthen her newly independent nation. Indira Gandhi was a strong patriot but
also a deeply flawed democrat who chose the wrong ways to show her
patriotism. There are many mixed feelings and about Indira Gandhi; some view her as
an Indian hero while others view her as a ruthless power hungry dictator; regardless
she was a huge influence in the history of India.

19. CONCLUSION

20. THANK YOU