The marriage was faltering and, in 1949, Indira and the two sons moved to Delhi to live with Jawaharlal, ostensibly so that Indira could assist her father in his duties, acting as official hostess, and helping run the huge residence.

After becoming an MP, Feroze Gandhi also moved to Delhi, but " Indira continued to stay with her father, thus putting the final seal on the separation.

Till the time he moved out from the position of Principal Secretary to Indira Gandhi, Haksar exercised significant influence on the formulation of domestic & foreign policies.

Indira Nehru was born on 19 November 1917 at the Anand Bhavan in the historically important town of Allahabad, in what was then the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh, into the politically influential Nehru family.

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.

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.

On 3 – 6 June 1984, the Khalistan movement was sparked into action as Prime Minister of India Indira Gandhi ordered Operation Blue Star, the storming of the Golden Temple.

After the assassination of Indira Gandhi at her 1, Safdarjung Road residence garden while going towards neighbouring 1, Akbar Road office for an interview on October 30, 1984, it was converted into the Indira Gandhi Memorial Museum.

* Lucy Britford, ( aka " Inspector Lucy Bitchface ", as Emma called her ), played by Indira Varma, a Detective Chief Inspector who was outsmarted by the gang in series 6 episode 1 after an attempt to bring them to justice, reappeared in the series finale in which the gang are blackmailed into a heist.

Singh also advised the Sikh leaders that in Indira Gandhi's gambit to win popular support she could either send the Indian army into Sri Lanka to protect the Tamil minority there or she could target the Sikhs.

Satwant Singh and Beant Singh fired thirty three bullets into Indira Gandhi's chest and abdomen.

Initially Beant Singh drew a. 38 revolver and fired three shots into Indira Gandhi's abdomen.

At the end of 1978, at its annual session in Bangalore, the Congress split into two namely ; Congress ( Indira ) and Congress ( Urs ).

Nehru's daughter, Indira Gandhi, de-recognized all the rulers by a presidential order in 1969.

Nehru's daughter, Indira Gandhi, was able to fulfill her father's dream by the 42nd amendment ( 1976 ) of the Indian constitution by which India officially became " socialist " and " secular ".

Indira would virtually become Nehru's chief of staff.

The issue was resolved during the premiership of Lal Bahadur Shastri, who under great pressure from Nehru's daughter, Indira Gandhi, was made to give assurances that English would continue to be used as the official language as long the non-Hindi speaking states wanted.

Shastri was chosen as Nehru's successor owing to his adherence of Nehruvian socialism after Nehru's daughter Indira Gandhi turned down Congress President K. Kamaraj's offer of premiership.

* March-Freedom fighter Jawaharlal Nehru's daughter Indira marries a Parsi lawyer and freedom fighter, Feroze Gandhi against her father's wishes.

The Nehru family, including Nehru's daughter Indira ( later Indira Gandhi ) were frequent visitors to Mussoorie in the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s, and stayed at the Savoy Hotel.

The Official Languages Act was eventually amended in 1967 by the Congress Government headed by Indira Gandhi to guarantee the indefinite use of Hindi and English as official languages.

To calm the situation, Shastri took the advice of Indira Gandhi and gave assurances that English would continue to be used as the official language as long the non-Hindi speaking states wanted.

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.

Indira, who stayed with her father at Teen Murti House, the official residence of the prime minister, was at that time away on a state visit to Bhutan.

Even after leaving India, he maintained close ties with the country's leaders and was the official U. S. representative at the funerals of Prime Minister Nehru in 1964, Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri in 1966, and Prime Minister Indira Gandhi in 1984.

With the defections of former loyalists, Sanjay's influence with Indira and the government increased dramatically, although he was never in an official or elected position.

Satwant Singh Bhaker ( 1962 – 1989 ) was a Sikh bodyguard to the Prime Minister of India Indira Gandhi, who on 31 October 1984 assassinated Indira Gandhi at her residence along with another bodyguard, Beant Singh.

In the years following independence, Nehru frequently turned to his daughter Indira to look after him and manage his personal affairs.

In 1984 Indira Gandhi brought an action against the book in the British courts, claiming to have been defamed by a single sentence in chapter 28, penultimate paragraph, in which her son Sanjay Gandhi is said to have had a hold over his mother by him accusing her of contributing to his father's Feroze Gandhi's death through her neglect.

Indira Gandhi then invited him to deal with the question of Bengali refugees, and the Abbé founded Emmaus communities in Bangladesh.

While Rakesh was in space, he was asked by the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi on a famous conversation, who asked him how does India look from space, Rakesh replied " Saare Jahan se Achcha Hindustan Hamara " meaning ' ur land of Hindustan, is the Best in the world '.

However, the internal stresses of the coalition's government caused him to leave the government with the former Lok Dal, after being promised by Indira Gandhi the support of the Congress Party on the floor of the House in any efforts to form a government.

According to Mark Tully, " His inexperience did not stop him from using the Draconian powers his mother, Indira Gandhi, had taken to terrorise the administration, setting up what was in effect a police state ".

In 1982, Indira Gandhi made him a

But the Indian Constitution continued to recognize him as the Maharaja of Mysore until 1971, when Mrs. Indira Gandhi, then Prime Minister of India abolished the titles and Privy Purse of well over 560 Maharajas spread over different parts of India.

# Plate 15 shows him with Prof. Satish Dhawan and the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.

Farooq Abdullah eventually fell out of favour with the Central Government and the Prime Minister of India, Indira Gandhi had him dismissed.

He argued that, although he could not imagine why Indira Gandhi would send him such a large sum of money, he had never received the money, and obviously the emissary had embezzled the money.

10. Mrs Indira Gandhi met Mrs Khetarpal, Arun ’ s mother, after the war and told him quote ‘ Aap Dhanya Hai ’ with moisture in her eyes.

Indira parents apparently regarded Jitendra as a playboy from a feckless family ; they even ventured to summon him and give him a personal warning to stay away.

In 1965, Indira Gandhi offered him the Madras Governor's post, which he declined.

Vaiko's thundering speech on the need for a separate land for Tamils, melted the heart of then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, who promised him that necessary action would be taken.

Nagarwala was arrested, however, after Malhotra went in person to collect a receipt from P. N. Haksar, Indira Gandhi's personal secretary, informing him that the requested payment was done.