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Watch Ronojoy Banerjee in conversation with Senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on his new book Indira Gandhi: A life in nature.!
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India's first female Prime Minister
was born into the influential Nehru dynasty in November
Her father had risen under the mentorship of Mahatma Gandhi
to become the first Prime Minister of independent India in
Starting out in politics as her father's personal assistant,
she was elected President of the Indian National Congress in
But it wasn't until her father's death in
that she joined the government as Minister for Information and Broadcasting.
She immediately impressed Prime Minister Lal Shastri
by soothing community leaders
and supervising reconstruction of parts of Madras
that had been destroyed by rioting.
A year later, Shastri died of a heart attack
after signing a peace agreement with Pakistan.
With the backing of the syndicate, who believed she would be easily led,
she defeated Miraj Desai to become India's fifth Prime Minister.
Proving she was no puppet Prime Minister,
Indira became a leader in the so-called Green Revoluti