remembering indira
Born on 19th November 1917, Indira Gandhi became Prime Minister for the first time in 1966 after Lal Bahadur Shastri expired under tragic circumstances in Tashkent. During her first tenure, she won the war with Pakistan in 1971 and was the guiding force behind the first ever nuclear explosion by India in the Pokhran desert in 1974. She also imposed a state of Emergency in the country and earned the wrath of politicians. She was Prime Minister of our country twice – first time in 1966 up to 1977 and again in 1980 to 1984. During her second term in office, the 9th Asian games were held in New Delhi in 1982. It was an achievement of no mean proportions, the Asian Games village and the fully air conditioned 25000 seating capacity Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium built by the Delhi Development Authority still stand testimony to the event. On this occasion, colored TV was introduced in the country to enable the Asian Games to be broadcast internationally. She launched ‘Operation Blue star’ in June 1984 to clear the holy Golden Temple complex in Amritsar from unwanted elements who had holed up there. She coined the famous slogan ‘garibi hatao – remove poverty’. Ultimately she fell prey to the bullets of assassins who were her own bodyguards. This led to unrest of no mean proportions and its tremors are felt even today.
Indira Gandhi shares her year of birth with John F Kennedy (19th May 1917), the 35th President of United States of America who also fell to bullets of an assassin.
Shakti sthal – is a monument built in her memory. The Annamalai Wild Life Sanctuary was renamed Indira Gandhi Wild Life Sanctuary as well as the Indira Gandhi Zoological Park – in Vishakhapatnam. The International airport at New Delhi has been re-christened the Indira Gandhi International airport and IGNOU, the Open University method of teaching also carries her name.
A few of her quotes:
Have a bias towards action – let’s see something happen now. You can break that big plan into small steps and take the first step straightaway.
My grandfather once told me that there are two kinds of people: those who work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the first group; there was less competition there.
I suppose leadership at one time meant muscles; but today it means getting along with people.
A nation’s strength ultimately consists in what it can do on its own, and not in what it can borrow from others.
Even if I died in the service of the nation, I would be proud of it. Every drop of my blood will contribute to the growth of this nation and to make it strong and dynamic.
People of India remember Indira Gandhi not only as the daughter of Pandit Nehru and a shrewd politician but also as the mother of Rajiv Gandhi who fell to terrorist designs and for the Emergency she declared. People recollect that during the bad spell of emergency, trains used to run on time and there was more accountability among the authorities.
Declaring Emergency is not new to this part of the world.
In 1974 severe floods caused widespread famine and property damages in Bangladesh. In the same year the government declared a State of Emergency after internal security was threatened by Islamic fundamentalist terrorists.
In Sri Lanka, a state of emergency was declared on the 13th August 2005 following the assassination of the Foreign Minister by snipers at his home in the capital, Colombo.
King Gyanendra of Nepal declared a state of emergency after the worst violence the country has seen since a Maoist revolt began six years ago.
Burma declared a 45-day state of emergency period for fear of mass unrest - the Ministry of Home Affairs has issued a directive since the second week of this month declaring a state of emergency period in Burma and to tighten security measures. The emergency period has been declared for 45 days from 15 October to 30 November. It has been learned that the SPDC military government declared this 45-day state of emergency period because they were particularly worried that the current religious riots might turn into a mass public unrest.
Indira Gandhi shares her year of birth with John F Kennedy (19th May 1917), the 35th President of United States of America who also fell to bullets of an assassin.
Shakti sthal – is a monument built in her memory. The Annamalai Wild Life Sanctuary was renamed Indira Gandhi Wild Life Sanctuary as well as the Indira Gandhi Zoological Park – in Vishakhapatnam. The International airport at New Delhi has been re-christened the Indira Gandhi International airport and IGNOU, the Open University method of teaching also carries her name.
A few of her quotes:
Have a bias towards action – let’s see something happen now. You can break that big plan into small steps and take the first step straightaway.
My grandfather once told me that there are two kinds of people: those who work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the first group; there was less competition there.
I suppose leadership at one time meant muscles; but today it means getting along with people.
A nation’s strength ultimately consists in what it can do on its own, and not in what it can borrow from others.
Even if I died in the service of the nation, I would be proud of it. Every drop of my blood will contribute to the growth of this nation and to make it strong and dynamic.
People of India remember Indira Gandhi not only as the daughter of Pandit Nehru and a shrewd politician but also as the mother of Rajiv Gandhi who fell to terrorist designs and for the Emergency she declared. People recollect that during the bad spell of emergency, trains used to run on time and there was more accountability among the authorities.
Declaring Emergency is not new to this part of the world.
In 1974 severe floods caused widespread famine and property damages in Bangladesh. In the same year the government declared a State of Emergency after internal security was threatened by Islamic fundamentalist terrorists.
In Sri Lanka, a state of emergency was declared on the 13th August 2005 following the assassination of the Foreign Minister by snipers at his home in the capital, Colombo.
King Gyanendra of Nepal declared a state of emergency after the worst violence the country has seen since a Maoist revolt began six years ago.
Burma declared a 45-day state of emergency period for fear of mass unrest - the Ministry of Home Affairs has issued a directive since the second week of this month declaring a state of emergency period in Burma and to tighten security measures. The emergency period has been declared for 45 days from 15 October to 30 November. It has been learned that the SPDC military government declared this 45-day state of emergency period because they were particularly worried that the current religious riots might turn into a mass public unrest.
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