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When Indira Gandhi's hair started graying she went to Paris to get a makeover. A hairdresser left a streak of hair undyed, saying that it made her look elegant. The white/silver streak became her trademark style, and her Indian hairdresser Habib Ahmed accentuated it further. Indira Gandhi was an Indian politician and the only female Prime Minister of the country. Born in the famous Nehru family, she was perhaps destined for an illustrious political career. She served as Prime Minister from 1966 to 1977 and from 1980 until her assassination in 1984. As Prime Minister, Indira was known for centralisation of power and political ruthlessness. Her political career was littered with controversies as well as allegations of highhandedness, corruption and nepotism. She clamped a state of emergency
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