27 October,2022 10:48 AM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
Indira Gandhi. File Pic
October 31 marks former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi's death anniversary. She was assassinated on October 31, 1984, by two of her security guards in retaliation to her Operation Blue Star in Amritsar. Operation Blue Star was a military action ordered by Indira Gandhi to flush out Sikh militants holed up in Harmandir Sahib Complex (Golden Temple) in Amritsar.
Indira Gandhi served as the first and only woman prime minister of India from January 1966 to March 1977 and again from January 1980 until her assassination in October 1984.
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The only female prime minister of the country, Gandhi was known for the reforms she introduced such as the nationalisation of banks and the abolition of privy purses of the royal families. Indira Gandhi, popularly referred to as the "Iron lady of India", was one of the most influential and powerful leaders of India.
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On her death anniversary, here are 10 powerful quotes by the first woman prime minister of India: