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Image courtesy of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum, Audio/Visual Archives Collectio…
Image courtesy of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum, Audio/Visual Archives Collection, Photograph No. 61.11.32
Indira Gandhi
Image courtesy of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum, Audio/Visual Archives Collectio…
Image courtesy of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum, Audio/Visual Archives Collection, Photograph No. 61.11.32

Indira Gandhi

India, 1917 - 1984
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She was an Indian politician and stateswoman and served as prime minister from 1966-77 and 1980-84. She was India’s first woman prime minister and was assassinated in 1984 by two of her bodyguards. During her tenure, she was known as the most powerful woman in the world.
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