Railway Minister Suresh Parbhu (not pictured) unveiled a large laddu bearing birthday wishes for Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the inauguration of Swacchata Diwas function at Mavlankar Hall in New Delhi on September 17, 2016.
Sand artist Sudarsan Patnaik showcases his sand sculpture wishing Prime Minister Narendra Modi on his 67th birthday, in Mumbai on September 17, 2016.
The accord with Sri Lanka lead to the establishment of Indian Peace Keeping Force (IPKF) whose main role was to disarm the militants group especially LTTE in Sri Lanka. Signed as a non violent agreement, after few months in Sri Lanka, IPKF had to engage in multiple combat operations because of LTTE’s repeated attacks on them
Indira Gandhi along with sons Sanjay and Rajiv Gandhi at their home in New Delhi in the late 1970s
Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi with Sri Lanka PM Ranasinghe Premadasa in 1988. He signed Indo-Sri Lanka accord in 1987 to help the Sri Lankan government end the civil war between Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and the Sri Lankan military
Rajiv Gandhi became the youngest prime minister of India at the age of 40 after the assassination of her mother Indira Gandhi in 1984
On this day in 1991, Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated in Sriperumbudur, near Madras by an LTTE suicide bomber. Anti-terrorism day was declared on the 21st of May 1992 on his first death anniversary. 26 people related to this case were given death sentence under Terrorist and Disruptive Activities Act (TADA) which was unprecedented in India. After an appeal to the Supreme Court only four of the main accused, Nalini, Murugan,Sivarasan and Subha were sentenced to death
The LTTE was active and spread terror throughout the 1990s all thorough 2009 when the Sri Lankan army was finally able to turn the tide and kill Prabhakaran, the LTTE boss in Northern Sri Lanka
Though many of the insurgents in Sri Lanka peacefully gave in under the IPKF, matters deteriorated soon and fighting erupted again once the IPKF left in 1990 under VP Singh’s government
American president John F. Kennedy with his wife Jackie, Jawaharlal Nehru and his daughter Indira Gandhi in 1961. In the 1950’s she served as an unofficial personal assistant of then Prime Minister Nehru, exposing her to the world. Indira’s regime as Prime Minister was a landmark period for India’s foreign policy resulting into India’s establishment as regional power in South Asia. Some of the major successes in her foreign policy include creation of Bangladesh (1971) and the assertion of dominance of Indian power in South Asia.
Indira Gandhi addresses a rally at her residence on June 24, 1975, a day before the declaration of what became a 21-month long state of internal emergency by President Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed on the Prime Minister’s advice. The Emergency gave Indira Gandhi extraordinary legislative powers with extensive crackdowns on political opposition during the period.
Indira Gandhi exits Shri Harminder Sahib, Amritsar after offering prayers on June 23, 1984. A military operation code-named Blue Star was launched by the Indira Gandhi government against the surging Khalistani movement on June 06,1984 with Indian armed forces taking control of the complex the following day. The move was viewed as a grave affront to the holiest shrine of the Sikh community.
Indira Gandhi inspects the guard of honor during the Independence day parade on August 15, 1983. She was sworn in as the first female Prime Minister of India in the winter of 1966. Serving her first term till March 1977 and again from January 1980 until her assassination in October 1984, she became the second longest serving Prime Minister after her father.
Indira Gandhi with politician and journalist Feroze Gandhi during their wedding in Allahabad on October 8, 1942. Feroze asserted his love to Indira in 1933 but his proposal was rejected by her mother. In subsequent years, Feroze came closer to the Nehru family while supporting Indira as her mother’s condition worsened. The couple married in the spring of 1942.
Jawaharlal Nehru , president of the Indian Congress, with his daughter and future Indian Prime Minister, Indira Nehru in Bombay in 1937. Being the only daughter, Indira had a difficult childhood between her father being away from home on his political crusade for India’s independence and her bedridden mother who suffered an early death due to tuberculosis.
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