indira

Prior to this Indira Gandhi toured the world asking every major power for help to resolve the situation peacefully.

As Indira acknowledges, it is your own responsibility to ensure this- not your listeners.

The author forgot to mention: * Massive overpopulation, caused in part by over-aggressive family planning measures adopted by the same Indira Gandhi government.

If Modi does an Indira (instead of a Shastri), India is doomed.

For instance, I once removed a 'fact' that Indira Gandhi (once Prime Minister of India) was named Gandhi for PR reasons.

> Even more so, when South Asia Indira Gandhi imposed emergency in 1975 and lost in 1977.

If it tries, it will result in the same thing as when it tried to limit birth rate in Indira Gandhi times - which eventually cost her life.

Bear in mind: this is the same Congress Party whose members went on a rampage in 1984, killing/burning 4000+ Sikhs in Delhi when Indira Gandhi was assassinated by her bodyguards.

I hope that you are correct and we would never see anyone like Indira Gandhi, no nation deserves to be ruled by a tyrant like her.

Although to be fair, a lot of commodities appear to cost a lot more in India, because they are tied (legally or otherwise) to the outside world (blame Indira and her kin!).

I dont know a lot about Thatcher but when Indira Gandhi's election was overturned by the courts on ground of election fraud she proceeded to suspend elections and civil liberties.

- In 1966, to survive foreign exchange crisis, India's Gold Control Act under Indira Gandhi banned private gold ownership above tiny amounts, forcing surrender to the state.

Indira Ghandhi; also, probably the only head of sate that actually succeeded in "selling freedom" thing.

The word “socialist” was added to the Constitution by Indira Gandhi during the 70s.

“Socialist” and “Secular” were added by Indira Gandhi when she had declared an Emergency after being disqualified by a high court.

Indira Gandhi was murdered by two of her own bodyguards.