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Indira Gandhi, India's first woman prime minister assassinated on October 31, 1984, in Delhi. See Rajiv Gandhi along with Sonia Gandhi and kids at Indira Gandhi's pyre. Rajiv Gandhi performs the last rites of Indira Gandhi. Hundreds of millions of Indians are mourning the tragic loss of their beloved leader. Born on November 19, 1917, in an illustrious family, Smt. Indira Gandhi was the daughter of Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru. Smt. Gandhi became a Member, Congress Working Committee and Central Election of the party in 1955. In 1958 she was appointed as a Member for Central Parliamentary Board of Congress. She was the Chairperson, National Integration Council of A.I.C.C. and President, All India Youth Congress, 1956 and Women’s Dept. A.I.C.C. She became the President, Indian National Congress in 1
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