Today we’re looking at Indira GandhiIndira Gandhi (11/19/1917 - 10/31/1984) was prime minister of India on two non-consecutive occasions and the daughter of Indian founding father and PM Jawaharal NehruSome notable feats or facts include:>the Nehru family, Kashmiris, were high caste, prominent independence activists>her parents had little time to raise her and she was mostly raised by governesses>she attended school in Switzerland and England as well as in India>spent some time in jail for political agitation against British rule of India>when her father became India's first PM, she served as his assistant and hostess while also raising her son>when Nehru passed away in 1964, the Congress Party chose her to succeed him, apparently assuming a woman would be a compliant and easily controlled puppet>Gandhi surprised everyone by becoming a formidable leader in her own right who was nobody's puppet>she lead India into a successful, short war with Pakistan in 1971
>she lead India into a successful, short war with Pakistan in 1971>in 1975 a high court in Allahabad voided the results of her election to the Indian Parliament in 1971, effectively requiring her to give up the prime ministership as the Indian constitution required the PM to be a member of Parliament>Gandhi however refused to step down and instead declared a state of emergency that gave her extensive dictatorial powers and arrest political opponents>she also actively promoted a forced sterilization program to curb the size of India's enormous population>in the 1977 elections, she lost and stepped down as PM for the next few years>Gandhi was releected in 1980>during her second term, a major Sikh uprising occurred in Punjab and militants occupied the Golden Temple in Amristar>after failed negotiations, Gandhi had the army sack the temple in June 1984, killing and injuring hundreds>unfortunately, two of her personal bodyguards were Sikhs and they were not happy>on October 31, they gunned her down at the PM's residence in New Delhi--she was shot 30 times with a submachine gun and a .38 revolverWhat do you think of India's Iron Lady?Link to previous thread >>18720359
>>18722276>unfortunately, two of her personal bodyguards were Sikhs and they were not happy>on October 31, they gunned her down at the PM's residence in New Delhi--she was shot 30 times with a submachine gun and a .38 revolverthat had to be the single biggest Darwin Award moment ever
OP did you hear our request to do non-Western leaders?
>>18722274Jeet
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>>18722276She was based. Minorities don't appreciate these early leaders. Her greatest mistake was not annexing Pakistan. But then you'd have to deal with pakis>>18722277Sikhs beat their chests over loyalty and discipline but they chimped out when their leader disciplined them for harboring pakistani supported terrorists
>>18722274Based. Indians needed tough love and authoritarian rulers who would forcibly sterilize them. The government was also a big promoter of secularism back then instead of Hindu sharia law.
>>18722274oh shit it's Frankenstein's wife
>>18722320>>18722430She hated the Indian people. She was molested by Gandhi and forever held derision for India and Indian men in particular, although she was hostile towards the British she was attracted to western culture in general, especially National Socialists who came to their attention during the war, later she would entertain many Germans like Hannah Reitsch, their theories about "Aryans" meshing with her own beliefs about the Vedic Aryans. She believed the genetics of India was in dire need of improvement and actually orchestrated a sterilization program where 6.2 million Indian men received vasectomies to genocide inferior elements.
>>18722906>especially National Socialists who came to their attention during the war, later she would entertain many Germans like Hannah Reitsch, their theories about "Aryans" meshing with her own beliefs about the Vedic Aryans.Based. I like her even more now.
didn't do enough. she needed to sterilize 100 million of them.
>>18722578>Her greatest mistake was not annexing Pakistanand import millions of Muslims? to hell with that.
Oh shit, this thread confirms the OP making the daily "historical figures" threads is an Indian. Like no kidding. OP IS AN INDIAN.All those thread about Alexander and Napoleon were a disguise. The historical figures anon is AN INDIAN.Out of all figures he chooses an Indian woman that not even Indians care about. OP IS INDIAN.
Based Indira still triggering Khalistanis over 40 years later.
the rules for these threads is that the person must have died at least 25 years ago to count as a historical figure, so we cannot do a thread about (eg) Mikhail Gorbachev (died 2021) or American presidents after Nixon (the most recent president to die more than 25 years ago).
>>18722959>Out of all figures he chooses an Indian woman that not even Indians care about. OP IS INDIAN.Then why would he care about her?
>>18722276i am so glad she bombed their shitty temple
>>18723059So not even Margaret Thatcher as she died 2013.
>>18723114correct. people who died 2001 or earlier.
>>18722276this neglects to mention that Gandhi's popularity had fallen off a bit by the mid-70s because the government was in extensive debt from the expense of the Pakistan conflict and there was an economic downturn caused by the global 73-75 recession
>>18723115that would mean we can't talk about the falklands, spare us the jewish pilpulwe can talk about these people just not events in their life after 2001
>>18722578oh no what are you doing? the first generation leadership of Indian like Nehru wanted to abolish the caste system the only thing keeping the dalit Dravidians from mixing with the high caste Indo-Aryans and polluting the gene pool.
>>18723059That's pretty retarded
>>18722320We own your country, bitch ass motherfucker
>>18722906>She believed the genetics of India was in dire need of improvement and actually orchestrated a sterilization program where 6.2 million Indian men received vasectomies to genocide inferior elements.I thought it was one of her sons that was responsible for that
