
Former prime minister Indira Gandhi addressing the nation from the Doordarshan studio during Emergency on August, 1975. Being the only child of Jawaharlal Nehru, who was a leading figure in India’s political struggling, Gandhi grew up with her mother Kamala Nehru at Anand Bhavan in Allahabad. (Express archive photo)
Six-year-old Indira Gandhi with Mahatma Gandhi during his 21-day fast in Delhi in 1924. Express archive photo)
M Karunanidhi handing over a container containing valuables for Indian Army jawans to former prime minister Indira Gandhi. (Express archive photo)
Political leader Morarji Desai with former prime minister Indira Gandhi and S Nijalingappa during AICC meeting, Bangalore. (Express archive photo)
Sonia Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi, Varun Gandhi, Maneka gandhi (partially seen behind) with former prime minister Indira Gandhi at Shanti Van on Sanjay Gandhi's death anniversary in 1981. (Express photo: RK Sharma)
Indira Gandhi, the first and the only female prime minister of India, was born on this day in 1917 in Uttar Pradesh’s Allahabad. (Express photo: Prem Nath Pandey)
Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi paid tribute to Indira Gandhi on her birth anniversary at Shakti Sthal in New Delhi. (Express photo: Prem Nath Pandey)
Former prime minister Manmohan Singh paid floral tributes to the Iron Lady of India.(Express photo: Prem Nath Pandey)
Ex-vice president Hamid Ansari at Shakti Sthal in New Delhi. Several Congress MPs and party workers were also in attendance at the ceremony in New Delhi. (Express photo: Prem Nath Pandey)
Top Congress leaders including interim chief Sonia Gandhi, former prime minister Manmohan Singh, former president Pranab Mukherjee, and former vice-president Hamid Ansari Tuesday paid homage to Indira Gandhi at Shakti Sthal in New Delhi. (Express photo: Prem Nath Pandey)