19 19 When Indira Gandhi was two years old, the Amritsar tragedy that shocked the world broke out in Indian history. After the tragedy, people from all walks of life in India participated in the massive anti-British struggle, and the Nehru family devoted themselves wholeheartedly to the anti-British struggle for India's independence and freedom. This had a great influence on the thought and life of young Indira Gandhi. At the age of five, she devoted herself to the struggle against British goods and burned her beloved doll imported from Europe.
/kloc-When she was 0/2 years old, Indira applied to join the Congress Party, but she was rejected because she was too young. So she set up her own organization "Monkey Team" and actively distributed leaflets and posted slogans for the anti-British struggle. Later, he studied at Calcutta International Peace University founded by Tagore, a famous Indian poet, and 1937 was admitted to Oxford University in England to study politics, administration and social management.
Indira Gandhi really entered politics after her father became the first prime minister of India. From 65438 to 0947, Jawaharlal Nehru became the first prime minister after India's independence. Indira became his right-hand man and private secretary, and began to participate in various conferences and political activities, and followed his father to visit many countries. In 1955, she attended the coronation ceremony of Queen Elizabeth and the first Asian-African conference in Bandung. These activities have greatly broadened her horizons and accumulated rich political and diplomatic experience.
1955, Indira Gandhi successfully competed for the presidency of the National Congress Party and took the most important step in her political career. From 65438 to 0966, Indira became the third prime minister of India, relying on the influence of the family and personal outstanding achievements. At the beginning of taking office, people were skeptical about the female prime minister's ability to govern the country. Some newspapers even called the cautious female prime minister a "dumb doll".
Due to many political problems and economic difficulties left over from Indian history, Indira suffered a crushing defeat in the Indian general election from 65438 to 0977. But she was not discouraged, but continued to work hard, went deep into the countryside, cared about the people's sufferings, and won the support of the broad masses of the people. In this way, 1980, she finally won the general election and became the Prime Minister of India again. During her term of office of 15, she has always emphasized the unity and unity of India and advocated the development of India's national economy. After 37 years of independence, India has basically achieved self-sufficiency in food and made remarkable progress in industry.