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

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

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Anurag Thakur claimed in Lok Sabha that Indira Gandhi wrote to US President Nixon during the 1971 war, pleading for help to ...

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