https://padlet.com/24felchab/kc9pzapqgyzo9ynu By Abigail Felch en-us 2021-05-04 00:46:29 UTC 2023-05-03 11:57:07 UTC hello@padlet.com 24felchab https://padlet.com/24felchab/kc9pzapqgyzo9ynu/wish/1487718441  Indira Gandhi was born on November 19,1917, in Allahabad India she was the only child of Kamala and Jawaharlal Nehru. As a member of the Indian National Congress, Nehru had been influenced by  leader Mahatma Gandhi, and decided to dedicate himself to India’s fight for independence. It resulted in years of imprisonment for Jawaharlal and a lonely childhood for Indira. Indira attended a Swiss boarding school for a few years, and then later studied history at Somerville College, Oxford. And her mother later on passed away in 1936 because of tuberculosis. In march of 194 even though her family disapproved, Indira got married to Feroze Gandhi, a Parsi lawyer, and later on had two sons named Rajiv and Sanjay.]]> 2021-05-04 00:49:39 UTC https://padlet.com/24felchab/kc9pzapqgyzo9ynu/wish/1487718441 24felchab https://padlet.com/24felchab/kc9pzapqgyzo9ynu/wish/1487720870 In the year of 1947, Nehru became the newly independent nation’s first prime minister , and Indira agreed to go to New Delhi to serve as his hostess, she traveled with her father throughout India and abroad. Gandhi  was elected to the prominent 21-member working committee of the congress party in 1955 and four years later was elected president. Once her father passed, Bahadur Shastri became the new prime minister, and indira took the role of Minister of Information and Broadcasting. Bahadur Shastri leadership was short-lived and just two years later he suddenly died and indira was appointed by the congress party to become prime minister.

]]> 2021-05-04 00:50:45 UTC https://padlet.com/24felchab/kc9pzapqgyzo9ynu/wish/1487720870 24felchab https://padlet.com/24felchab/kc9pzapqgyzo9ynu/wish/1487722625 Within a few years Gandhi gained lots of popularity for successful programs that transformed India, into a country of self -sufficient in food grains which is an achievement known as the “Green Revolution”. In the yer of 1971, she put her support behind the Bengali movement to separate east from west Pakistan, for providing refuge for ten million Pakistani civilians who fled India in order to escape the Pakistan army. She was awarded Bangladesh’s highest state honor 40 years later.

]]> 2021-05-04 00:51:28 UTC https://padlet.com/24felchab/kc9pzapqgyzo9ynu/wish/1487722625 24felchab https://padlet.com/24felchab/kc9pzapqgyzo9ynu/wish/1487872620 After the 1972 national elections, she was accused of misconduct by her political opponent and in 1975 was convicted of electoral corruption by the High Court of Allahabad and was prohibited from running in another election for six years. Instead of resigning as people expected, she responded to the situation by declaring a state emergency on June 25th, “ whereby citizens’ civil liberties were suspended. During what was called the “reign of terror” thousands of dissidents were imprisoned without the due process. Guessing that her former popularity would assure her re-election, she finally eased the emergency restrictions and called for the next general election on march of 1977. The people voted in favor of the Janata party and Morarji Desai was assumed the role of prime minister . The party had little success in resolving the nations severe poverty crisis. In 1980 Indria campaigned under a new party and was elected into her fourth term as prime minister 

]]> 2021-05-04 01:55:16 UTC https://padlet.com/24felchab/kc9pzapqgyzo9ynu/wish/1487872620 24felchab https://padlet.com/24felchab/kc9pzapqgyzo9ynu/wish/1487882377 On October 31,1984, Indira was assassinated outside of her own home by two of her trusted bodyguards, who were seeking revenge for the events that had happened at the temple where hundreds of Sikhs were killed.

]]> 2021-05-04 01:59:28 UTC https://padlet.com/24felchab/kc9pzapqgyzo9ynu/wish/1487882377 24felchab https://padlet.com/24felchab/kc9pzapqgyzo9ynu/wish/1487892514 I choose to do my project on Indira because I like learning and hearing about the women in history and what their impact on the world was and why they were so important when they were alive, as well as their back story and the things that they went through throughout their life-time. Indira was a very interesting person to learn it about and it was cool to see how she built her way to the top and  too learn about all the goals that she wanted to achieve and see her achieve them before she died.]]> 2021-05-04 02:04:15 UTC https://padlet.com/24felchab/kc9pzapqgyzo9ynu/wish/1487892514 24felchab https://padlet.com/24felchab/kc9pzapqgyzo9ynu/wish/1487901287 Indira with her son Sanjay ]]> 2021-05-04 02:08:21 UTC https://padlet.com/24felchab/kc9pzapqgyzo9ynu/wish/1487901287 24felchab https://padlet.com/24felchab/kc9pzapqgyzo9ynu/wish/1487914914 2021-05-04 02:13:42 UTC https://padlet.com/24felchab/kc9pzapqgyzo9ynu/wish/1487914914 24felchab https://padlet.com/24felchab/kc9pzapqgyzo9ynu/wish/1489957111 “Indira Gandhi.” Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., www.britannica.com/biography/Indira-Gandhi. ]]> 2021-05-04 14:49:28 UTC https://padlet.com/24felchab/kc9pzapqgyzo9ynu/wish/1489957111 24felchab https://padlet.com/24felchab/kc9pzapqgyzo9ynu/wish/1489967019 Indira Gandhi ]]> 2021-05-04 14:51:22 UTC https://padlet.com/24felchab/kc9pzapqgyzo9ynu/wish/1489967019