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Indira Gandhi

Prime Minister of India (1966-1977; 1980-1984)

10 dated entries naming Indira Gandhi, drawn from 7 separate years between 1917 CE and 1984 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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20th century

  • 1917November 19 – Indira Gandhi, Prime Minister of India (d. 1984)source
  • 1975July 21 – The Parliament of India votes to approve Prime Minister Indira Gandhi's declaration of a state of emergency, with a 301–76 vote in the lower house and a 147–32 vote in the upper house.source
  • 1975June 25 – Prime Minister Indira Gandhi declares a state of emergency in India, suspending civil liberties and elections.source
  • 1976November 6 - Uttawar forced sterilisations: Mass vasectomy of nearly 800 men of Uttawar village, Palwal district, Haryana during India's Emergency imposed by Indira Gandhi.source
  • 1977February 2 – The Congress Party of India, led by Indira Gandhi, splits with Jagjivan Ram and other senior leaders, forming Congress for Democracy. This party later merges with the Janata Party.source
  • 1977March 19 – Results of elections to the Indian Parliament are declared. Indira Gandhi's Congress Party is routed by the opposition Janata alliance.source
  • 1977March 21 – Prime Minister Indira Gandhi withdraws the state of emergency which was implemented on June 25, 1975.source
  • 1978December 19 – Former Prime Minister of India Indira Gandhi is arrested and jailed for a week for breach of privilege and contempt of parliament.source
  • 1980January 14 – Indian National Congress party leader Indira Gandhi returns to power as the Prime Minister of India.source
  • 1984October 31 – Assassination of Indira Gandhi: Prime Minister of India Indira Gandhi is assassinated by her two Sikh security guards in New Delhi. Anti-Sikh riots break out, leaving 10,000 to 20,000 Sikhs dead in Delhi and surrounding areas with the majority populations of Hindus. Rajiv Gandhi becomes Prime Minister of India.source

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