| 1917 |
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Born at Allahabad, on 19th November |
| 1934-36 |
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Engaged in study at "Shantiniketan",
W.B. and Somerville College, Oxford |
| 1936 |
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Her mother Kamala Nehru died. |
| 1938 |
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Join National Congress Party |
| 1942 |
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Married Firoze Gandhi, A Parsee
middleclass lawyer. |
| 1944 |
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Rajiv Gandhi born, her first
son |
| 1946 |
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Her second son Sanjoy Gandhi
born |
| 1947 |
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Pandit Jawharlal Nahru took
office as First Prime Minister of Independent India |
| 1955 |
: |
She was elected to the Executive
body of Congress Party. |
| 1959 |
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She become Presidend of the
Congress Party |
| 1960 |
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Lost her life partner Firoze
Gandhi. |
| 1964 |
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Became Minister of Information
& Broadcasting in Lal Bahadur Shastri's Government. |
| 1966 |
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Lal Bahadur Shastri died. She
became Prime Minister of India. |
| 1966 & 1971 |
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Elected as Prime Minister by
the parlament members. |
| 1975 |
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She was convicted of a minor
infruction of the election laws during the 1971 campaign. |
| June 26, 1975 |
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Instead of resigning for the
conviction she declared a national state of Emergency. |
| March, 1977 |
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She call a General Election
and lost her seat at Parliament and the Congress Party
was defeted. |
| January, 1980 |
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In the Election she was able
to form a new majority government |
| June, 1980 |
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Sanjoy Gandhi, her first son
died in a Plane Crash |
| 31 Oct, 1984 |
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She was shot to death by her
security guard.
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