As India marks the birth anniversary of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, it is impossible to ignore the two very different leaders whose paths crossed with hers during one of the most turbulent ...
Srinath Raghavan’s book is a major and masterly contribution to the study of a period of almost two decades (1966-1984) during which, except for three years, Indira Gandhi controlled India’s destiny.
After the sudden death of India's second Prime Minister, Lal Bahadur Shastri in Tashkent on January 11, 1966 following the Tashkent accord between India and Pakistan, the Congress had to immediately ...