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The Times of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi

Headlines from the term of India’s second longest serving Prime Minister, Indira Gandhi (1917-1984)

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The Times of India, July 20, 1969—India’s top 14 banks nationalised; Prime Minister Indira Gandhi pronounced it “A vital step”
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The Statesman, December 4, 1971—On December 3, 1971 Prime Minister Indira Gandhi declares full-scale war by air, land and sea in response to aggression by Pakistan against Indian airfields

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The Hindustan Times, December 17, 1971—Two weeks after the 1971 India-Pakistan war begins, Prime Minister Indira Gandhi dismembers Pakistan; the new country of Bangladesh is born and the Indian PM offers a ceasefire
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The Statesman, December 18, 1971—The next day, Pakistan accepts the Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi’s ceasefire terms and the 1971 India-Pakistan war ends. A victorious India accepts Pakistan’s humiliating surrender in the east

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The Sunday Amrita Bazar Patrika, April 20, 1975—Prime Minister Indira Gandhi takes India into the Space Age with the launch of the first Indian satellite Aryabhatta
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The Times of India, November 1, 1984—India’s 5th and second-longest serving Prime Minister Indira Gandhi is assassinated

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