Nehrus and Gandhis
First Online: May 19, 2004
Page Last Updated: December 07, 2024
The following family tree illustrates the five generations of leadership of the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty.
Motilal Nehru was an eminent Indian leader of his time and served the the President of the Indian National Congress in 1919. |
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Jawaharlal Nehru served as the first Prime-Minster of India. His wife Kamala was a freedom fighter. Nehru is revered as a great statesman and a follower of Mahatma Gandhi. Nehru' sister Vijayalakshmi Pandit also was an active member of Congress. |
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Indira's heir apparent Sanjay Gandhi abused this position and power and was responsible for much of excesses during the Emergency in '76-77. After Sanjay was killed in a plane accident, Rajiv was inducted into politics. Rajiv was made Prime-Minister after the assassination of India, and subsequently won a sympathy vote in a landslide. Rajiv was killed during an election campaign by a Tamil suicide bomber. |
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See Also:
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Congress Archive -- Rare pictures and artifacts from the archives of Indian National Congress. A pictorial story of India's freedom struggle.