Indira Gandhi (3rd Prime Minister of India) A Leader with Vision, Passion & Courage

1. A Leader with Vision, Passion &
Courage
Indira Gandhi
(3rd Prime Minister of India)

2. Leadership Qualities
• Vision :Nationalisation of banks
• Passion : Abolition of private princely purses
• Courage : Providing strong leadership during
1971 war with Pakistan (leading to formation
of Bangladesh)

3. • The 1st Woman Prime Minister of India, in a
male dominated society
• Influential leader
• Voted as the Women of the Millennium
• Symbol of feminism in India
• One of the longest serving prime ministers
India has ever had
• Central authority of Indian National Congress
Distinguishing Characteristics

4. Professional Life
Born on November 19, 1917
Completed her studies at Oxford university
•Involved in Indian Freedom struggle
•Minister of Information and Broadcasting
Prime Minister of India (1966-1977) and (1980-1984)
•Established strict reforms (Population control)
•Initiated nuclear program
•Special Agriculture innovation programs
Her work spoke numbers, not just promises
•During her term,
•Food production increased by 25%
•Literacy increased by 30%
•Poverty decreased by 20%

5. Her different designation
• Prime Minister (2)
• Minister of Finance
• Minister of Home Affairs
• Minister of Defence
• Minister of External Affairs

6. Quotes from the visionary
• “You can't shake hands with a clenched fist.”
• “My grandfather once told me that there were
two kinds of people; those who do the work
and those who take the credit. He told me to
try to be in the first group; there was much
less competition.”
• “The power to question is the basis of all
human progress.”
• “Forgiveness is a virtue of the brave.”

7. Quotes from the visionary
• “You must learn to be still in the midst of
activity and vibrantly alive in repose.”
• “The meek may one day inherit the earth, but
not the headlines.”
• “A nation's strength ultimately consist in what
it can do on its own and not in what it can
borrow from other.”

8. From Critic’s point of view
• Politically ruthless
• Centralisation of power
• Operation blue star
• Internal Emergency
• Was assassinated in 1984

10. Thank You