Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi (The Iron Lady) (born November 19, 1917–31 October 1984) was the Prime Minister of the India for about three consecutive terms from 1966 to 1977 and for a 4th time from 1980 until her assassination in 1984. Indira Gandhi was assassinated by two of her bodyguards on October 31, 1984. Born on in an illustrious family, she was perhaps most likely going for an illustrious political career. Smt. Indira gandhi attended the University of Oxford in Britain, where she studied history, political science and economics. As the Prime Minister of India, Smt. Indira Gandhi was known for her political ruthlessness and exceptional centralization of power.
# She was the second female head of government in the world after Sirimavo Bandaranaike of Sri Lanka.
# The Palestinian leader Yaseer Arafat with whom she had friendly relations, cried bitterly at her funeral.
# Indira Gandhi’s last rites were attended by top Bollywood stars Raj Kapoor, Sunil Dutt and Amitabh Bachchan.
# She was honored with the highest award in Bangladesh—the Bangladesh Swadhinata Sammanona (Bangladesh Freedom Honour)—posthumously in 2011.