Narendra Modi has beaten Indira Gandhi’s record as India’s second-longest-serving Prime Minister in an uninterrupted stint.

The Rajasthan government has renamed the Indira Priyadarshini Award, dedicated to meritorious girls, as the Padmakshi Award ...

Rahul Gandhi criticized PM Modi's silence on Trump's ceasefire claims during the Lok Sabha debate on Operation Sindoor. He ...

Narendra Modi has officially overtaken Indira Gandhi to become India’s second longest-serving prime minister. But comparisons with the celebrated leader fall short: Modi’s centralized rule lacks the ...

A new book by historian Srinath Raghavan charts Indira Gandhi’s political career and how it shaped postcolonial India ...

A royal figure turned politician, Vijaya Raje Scindia was imprisoned during the Emergency imposed in 1975 by Prime Minister ...

The Emergency ended in March 1977 when Indira Gandhi called for fresh elections and was voted out of power, leading to the first non-Congress national government since independence.

Indira Gandhi had the unenviable task of keeping together a Congress that was splitting up and bridging the gap between Gandhi’s populist idealism and her own father’s more pragmatic ...

Indira Gandhi. Raghu Rai/Magnum Photos In spite of her unprecedented authority, Mrs. Gandhi was insecure and distrustful, and had little patience for defiance.

Indira Gandhi first tried to propitiate the students by making Patel resign, declaring President’s Rule, and putting the Gujarat Assembly in suspension. But this turned out to be a tactical mistake.

Before other guards could react, Indira Gandhi lay dying, with blood surging from at least 25 bullet wounds. Doctors could do nothing to save her.