Indira Gandhi, born on November 19, 1917, in Allahabad, was the only child of a politically engaged family and faced a challenging childhood. She had a notable political career, including her first term as Prime Minister of India, and was assassinated later in her life. Gandhi received several awards, including the Bharat Ratna and the Lenin Peace Prize.

3. CONTENTS
 ABOUT INDIRA GANDHI
 CHILDHOOD
 EARLY LIFE
 POLITICAL LIFE
 FIRST TERM AS PRIME MINISTER OF INDIA
 ASSASSINATION OF INDIRA GANDHI
 SOME INSPIRING QUOTES
 AWARDS AND RECOGINATION

5. CHILDHOOD
• Indira Gandhi was born as Indira Priyadarshini
Nehru in a Kashmiri Pandit family on 19
November 1917 in Allahabad.
• she was the only child of the couple, a younger
brother dying in infancy.
• Her childhood wasn’t a happy one, as her
father was mostly away from home due to his
political commitments and her mother
frequently suffered from bouts of illness. and
grew up with her mother, Kamala Nehru, at
the Anand Bhavan
Young Indira with Mahatma Gandhiduring
his fast in 1924.

6. EARLY LIFE

7. Political life

8. FIRST TERM AS PRIME MINISTER OF INDIA

9. ASSASSINATION OF INDIRA GANDHI

10. SOME INSPIRING QUOTES

11. AWARDS &RECOGNITION
BHARAT RATNA 1971
Jawaharlal Nehru
Award for International
Understanding
1984
Lenin Peace Prize 1984