Tag: Indira Gandhi
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An enigmatic personality
This book is the result of Vappala Balachandran’s sustained effort with a view to unravelling the “shadowy” life of Arathil Candoth Narayana Nambiar (1896-1986) whom he came to know in 1980 in Zurich where Nambiar was then living and Balachandran, an ace intelligence officer of the Research and Analysis Wing, was posted with diplomatic “cover” …
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June 17, 2017 -
Indira’s panel on cow slaughter ban having Golwalkar never gave its report
Cow slaughter was as contentious an issue half-a-century ago as it is today, with an "attack" on Parliament by saffron-robed sadhus prompting the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi to constitute a committee that included RSS chief M S Golwalkar to examine a national law to ban it. A new book on Gandhi by senior Congress …
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June 11, 2017 -
Don’t play games with farmers
I n the 1960s when India was facing an acute food crisis, the proud Prime Minister Indira Gandhi felt humiliated begging for foodgrain from the United States. Once, when she hung up the phone after talking to President Lyndon Johnson she was reported to have said angrily, “I don’t ever want us to have to …
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June 10, 2017 -
ISRO receives 2014 Indira Gandhi Peace Prize
Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday presented the 2014 Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace to the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). The award, announced by a jury headed by Vice President Hamid Ansari in 2014, consists of a trophy, a cash prize of Rs 1 crore and a citation. ISRO chairman Kiran Kumar received the …
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May 18, 2017 -
Indira Gandhi was my friend, mentor: Sonia
Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Saturday described late Prime Minister and her mother-in-law Indira Gandhi as her "friend and mentor", saying the late leader's nationalism was all-inclusive and rooted in the philosophy of compassion. In her speech at the launch of a book 'India's Indira' here, Sonia Gandhi said the then Prime Minister had no …
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May 13, 2017 -
Indira most acceptable PM even today: President
President Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday said Indira Gandhi was still the "most acceptable ruler" of the country and hailed the late Prime Minister for her decisiveness and fearlessness. "To the people of India, she is the most acceptable ruler of a democratic country, even today," Mukherjee said at the launch of the book "India's Indira …
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May 13, 2017 -
Indira Gandhi’s entire life infused with passion for India: President
Observing that Indira Gandhi's life was infused with a tremendous passion for India and its people, President Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday hailed the late Prime Minister's contributions towards the progress and development of the country. "She was filled with an intense desire to see India rise above poverty and deprivation as well as occupy a …
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May 13, 2017 -
Items from Indira Gandhi collection sell big at Mumbai auction
K C S Paniker's Words & Symbols Series painting sold at Rs 1.80 crore while Nicholas Roerich's "Pilgrim in the Himalayas" fetched Rs 1.74 crore at an auction here which also saw items from late Indira Gandhi's family collection selling big. Osian's auction of Indian antiquities, modern contemporary fine arts and books saw a total …
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April 11, 2017 -
When Castro gave a bear hug to a surprised Indira Gandhi
Fidel Castro, the iconic Cuban revolutionary leader who died on Saturday, will be remembered in India for his close association with the Nehru-Gandhi family and especially his “sisterly” ties with former Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi – which he sealed with a bear hug during the Non-Aligned Summit in New Delhi in 1983. At the …
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November 26, 2016 -
When Castro gave a bear hug to a surprised Indira Gandhi
Fidel Castro, the iconic Cuban revolutionary leader who died on Saturday, will be remembered in India for his close association with the Nehru-Gandhi family and especially his “sisterly” ties with former Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi – which he sealed with a bear hug during the Non-Aligned Summit in New Delhi in 1983. At the …
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November 26, 2016 -
My first conversation with Indira Gandhi was in French: Sonia
Sonia said that she had declined to meet Indira Gandhi a little while before she and Rajiv Gandhi entered the city.
November 21, 2016