* Indira Samarasekera ( born 1952 ), President of the University of Alberta, Canada

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It was widely perceived that Indira Gandhi was grooming Rajiv for the prime minister's job, and he soon became the president of the Youth Congress – the Congress party's youth wing.

When the historic split in the Congress took place in 1969, he cast his lot with Indira Gandhi and became the interim president of the faction she headed.

According to his official biography, he also met many notable people, including French president Charles de Gaulle as soon as 1944, Tunisian president Habib Bourguiba, US president Dwight David Eisenhower, Indian Prime Ministers Jawaharlal Nehru and Indira Gandhi, socialist Jayaprakash Narayan, comedian Coluche, president François Mitterrand, president Jacques Chirac and Mohammed V of Morocco.

A fourth-generation scion of the politically powerful Nehru – Gandhi family, Gandhi is the son of Rajiv Gandhi ( 6th Prime Minister of India ) and incumbent Congress president Sonia Gandhi, and the grandson of Feroze Gandhi and Indira Gandhi ( 3rd Prime Minister of India ).

Although no longer an MP, Indira Gandhi continued as the president of Congress ( I ), which remained the largest opposition party.

Nonetheless, some in the media felt that the president had been chosen for being an Indira loyalist rather than an eminent person.

The Indian National Congress ( Organisation ) or Congress ( O ) was a political party in India formed when Indira Gandhi ( then the Congress president ) broke away from the leadership of the Congress Party ( which became known as Congress ( I )).

When the Congress Party split in 1969, Jagjivan Ram joined the camp led by Indira Gandhi, and became the president of that faction of Congress.

Similarly, the Indira Gandhi National Open University in India combines the use of print, recorded audio and video, broadcast radio and television, and audio conferencing technologies.

The Indira Gandhi National Open University, the largest university in the world, is also named after her.

Bhārat Mātā temples exist in the Mahatma Gandhi Kashi University, inaugurated by Mahatma Gandhi in 1936 and another in Haridwar built in 1983 by Vishwa Hindu Parishad ( VHP ) and inaugurated by then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.

Madressa Girls School is recognised by IGNOU ( Indira Gandhi Open University ) as a Special Study Centre.

* Indira Gandhi National Open University is established by an Act of Indian Parliament.

Jacob Copeman, a lecturer in social anthropology at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland, states in his article “ Blood Will Have Blood: A Study in Indian Political Ritual ,” that Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi are the two politicians who are mainly “ remembered ” during the blood donations ( 131 ).

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The University has a center of Indira Gandhi open University & offers all the major disciplines of study.

* Postgraduate Certificate in Endodontics, a one year course in India by the Indira Gandhi National Open University ( IGNOU ) and the Dental Council of India ( DCI )

* Indira Gandhi National Open University, India, often called by its acronym, IGNOU

Banaras Hindu University ( 1994 ), Andhra University ( 1995 ), S. V. University, Tirupati ( 1996 ), Sri Krishna Devaraya University, Ananthpur ( 1998 ), Anna University, Chennai ( 1998 ), Roorkee University, Roorkee ( 1999 ), IIT, Bombay ( 2000 ), Chatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University, Kanpur ( 2000 ), Gurunanak Dev University, Amritsar ( 2001 ), University of Calcutta, Calcutta ( 2002 ), Indira Gandhi National Open University ( IGNOU ), New Delhi ( 2003 ), Panjab University, Chandigarh ( 2003 ), Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belgaum ( 2004 ), Alagappa University, Karaikudi ( 2006 ), Mysore University, Mysore ( 2007 ); SRM University, Chennai ( 2008 )

The book cites an irony when it states that the ' Garibi Hatao ' policies followed by Mrs. Indira Gandhi were actually working counter-productive and throwing millions of Indian further into poverty rather than alleviating their plight.

Reyat also discussed explosives with a co-worker while expressing anger at the Indian government and Indira Gandhi in particular.

* Rising Up Against Rankings by Indira Samaasekera, Inside Higher Ed, April 2, 2007.

His memoir, ' Indira Gandhi, the Emergency, and Indian Democracy, first published in 2000, is a an insightful documentation of an important period of Indian history.

He was the editor of the leftist newspaper Frontier published from Kolkata, which was banned during the notorious period of Indian Emergency ( 1975-1977 ) declared by the then prime minister Indira Gandhi.

On 12 April 1980, he held a meeting with the Indian prime minister Indira Gandhi before declaring the formation of " National Council of Khalistan ", at Anandpur Sahib.

* Srinagar, India celebrates Tulip Festival in the month of April in the Indira Gandhi Memorial Tulip Garden, which is considered to be largest Tulip garden in Asia.

After the crackdown, Tajuddin Ahmad met with Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi on April 3, 1971 and asked for all possible aid, by which time the Indian government had already opened East Pakistan border and the BSF was offering limited aid to the Bengali resistance.

The ceasefire line came into effect on January 1, 1949, after eighteen months of fighting between Indian forces and Afridi tribals which Pakistan had sent to occupy Kashmir and was last adjusted and agreed upon by the two countries according to the Simla Agreement of July 2, 1972 between Indira Gandhi and Zulfikar Ali Bhutto.

* October 31 – Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi is assassinated by her 2 Sikh security guards.

* 31 October-3 November An estimated 2, 700-10, 000 Sikhs killed during the anti-Sikh riots in Delhi and other areas ; mobs loot and damage several Sikh homes, businesses and Gurdwaras in response to the assassination of Indira Gandhi

It is located on the southern boundary of Madhya Pradesh, bordering Maharashtra, in the districts of Seoni and Chhindwara. Pench National Park, comprising 758 km < sup > 2 </ sup >, out of which a core area of 299 km < sup > 2 </ sup > of Indira Priyadarshini Pench National Park and the Mowgli Pench Sanctuary and remaining 464 km < sup > 2 </ sup > of pench national park is the buffer area.

* the 1984 anti-Sikh riotsand only, All India riots in which the Congress party played a major active role in the killing of more than 2, 000 Sikhs & Over 5, 000 displaced following the assassination of Indira Gandhi.

The other extreme ( Sector E Pocket 2 ) is approximately 6. 5 km from the Indira Gandhi International Airport.

The lighthouse has ( RACON ( Code ‘ G ’) ii DGPS station ) with 300 mm 4 panel revolving optical inside 2. 5 m diameter lantern house ( BBT ) which has an important landmark on the international ship lane on Colombo-Singapore route through Malacca Strait that passes south of Indira Point.

* Indira Devi Choudhurani, daughter of Satyendra Nath, wife of Pramatha Choudhuri, and once a muse of Rabindra Nath lived at 2 Bright Street ( subsequently purchased by the Maharajahs of Nadia and today known as " Nadia House ").

* 2007: Indira Gandhi Prize

In 2007, Democratic Indira Congress ( Left ) led by M. A.