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  Feroze Gandhi
Feroze Gandhi (12 August 1912 - 8 September 1960) was an Indian politician and journalist of Parsi descent.
Feroze grew close to the Nehru family, especially Indira's mother Kamala Nehru and Indira herself.
The marriage of Feroze and Indira was tumultuous, as Indira began living with her father, who was alone, and cared for him personally and often acted as his private secretary.
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  Feroze Gandhi Information
Feroze Gandhi (12 August 1912 - 8 September 1960) was an Indian politician and journalist of Parsi descent.
Feroze grew close to the Nehru family, especially Indira's mother Kamala Nehru and Indira herself.
The marriage of Feroze and Indira was tumultuous, as Indira began living with her father, who was alone, and cared for him personally and often acted as his private secretary.
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  Feroze Gandhi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Feroze Gandhi (12 August 1912 - 8 September 1960) was an Indian politician and journalist.
Feroze grew close to the Nehru family, especially Indira's mother Kamala Nehru and Indira herself.
The marriage of Feroze and Indira was tumultuous, as Indira began living with her father, who was alone, and cared for him personally and often acted as his private secretary.
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 Indira Gandhi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Feroze quickly developed a reputation for being a fighter against corruption by exposing a major scandal in the nationalized insurance industry, resulting in the resignation of the Finance Minister, a Nehru aide.
Rajiv Gandhi is believed to have said that he would never forgive his brother for what he had done to their mother at a time when Indira was isolated, depressed and humiliated after her defeat in the 1977 elections.
Sanjay Gandhi's widow, Menaka Gandhi, who had a falling out with Indira after Sanjay's death, as well as his son, Varun, are active in politics as members of the main opposition BJP party.
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 Indira Gandhi - MSN Encarta
Gandhi’s controversial political career ended when she was assassinated by Sikh extremists.
Gandhi was born Indira Priyadarshini Nehru in Allahābād, the only child of Jawaharlal Nehru and Kamala Kaul Nehru.
Gandhi and her Congress (I) Party, campaigning on the slogan “Elect a Government that Works,” won a major victory, and Gandhi resumed the office of prime minister.
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 Indira Gandhi - Open Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi (इन्दिरा प्रियदर्शिनी गान्धी) (November 19, 1917 - October 31, 1984) was Prime Minister of India from January 19, 1966 to March 24, 1977, and from January 14, 1980 until her assassination in 1984.
She was not related to Mahatma Gandhi; she took her last name from her husband Feroze Gandhi, who changed his surname to "Gandhi" for political reasons.
Rajiv's widow and Indira's daughter-in-law, Sonia Gandhi, led a Congress led "coalition" (which by itself was history for the Congress party) to a surprise electoral victory in the 2004 Lok Sabha, dethroning Atal Bihari Vajpayee and his National Democratic Alliance (NDA).
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 Knowledge King - Feroze Gandhi   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Feroze Gandhi, who came into the limelight by marrying Indira Gandhi, daughter of first Indian prime-minister Jawaharlal Nehru, is a forgotten component in the history of Indian politics.
Another opinion about Feroze is, that he in the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Indian parliament, was "the inofficial leader of the opposition".
Even though Feroze Gandhi was a member of the governing party, he showed tendencies to fill that void with his active presence in the parliament.
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 Manas: History and Politics, Indira Gandhi
Gandhi's response was to declare a state of emergency, under which her political foes were imprisoned, constitutional rights abrogated, and the press placed under strict censorship.
Gandhi was assassinated, at her residence, by two of her own Sikh bodyguards, who claimed to be avenging the insult heaped upon the Sikh nation.
Gandhi acquired a formidable international reputation as a "statesman", and there is no doubt that she was extraordinarily skilled in politics.
www.sscnet.ucla.edu /southasia/History/Independent/Indira.html   (837 words)

  
 Rajiv Gandhi - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
Gandhi began working for Indian Airlines as a professional pilot even as his mother became Prime Minister in 1966.
Rajiv Gandhi himself was later personally implicated in the scandal, when the investigation was continued by Narasimhan Ram and Chitra Subramaniam of The Hindu newspaper, shattering his image as an honest politician.
Rajiv Gandhi's last public meeting was at Sriperumbudur on May 21, 1991, in a city close to Chennai, where he was assassinated while campaigning for the Sriperumbudur Lok Sabha Congress candidate Mrs Maragatham Chandrasekhar in Tamil Nadu.
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 Indira Gandhi: Feroze Gandhi
Feroze Gandhi was a lawyer and newspaper executive and became an independent member of Parliament.
Her marriage to Feroze Gandhi on March 26, 1942 does not seem to have been a happy one.
Feroze Gandhi disparaît en 1960 d'un arrêt cardiaque.
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 AsiaSource: Asia Biography - a resource of the Asia Society
Indira's marriage to Feroze Gandhi (not related to the Mahatma) in 1942 was almost universally denigrated by orthodox Hindus, primarily because it was an intercommunal "love marriage," not arranged by her parents.
Gandhi returned to power, her government was confronted with serious challenges to its ability to maintain law and order as conflicts between religious and ethnic groups broke out in different parts of the country.
Gandhi is said to have been shy and diffident as a young woman, and people who knew her well have stressed that despite her domineering public personality in later life, she retained her strong sense of privacy, along with a concern for a few close personal friends.
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 Lifetimetv.com: My Lifetime Commitment - Cable in the Classroom
Gandhi's family (members of the priestly class Brahmin) opposed her marriage to Feroze Gandhi because his family belonged to a lower class.
Gandhi is not related to Mohandas K. Gandhi, the father of India's nonviolence movement; however, he was a close friend of her father's and played an active role in her life.
Although Gandhi was intensely interested in both politics and the arts, in 1938 her sense of direction was thrown a curve.
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 Indira Gandhi   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
In 1971, Gandhi was re-elected by campaigning with the slogan "Abolish Poverty." However in 1975, Gandhi was found guilty of violating election laws.
Gandhi had ordered the storming in June because of what her government considered terrorist activity of extremist Sikhs who had occupied the Temple.
Drieberg believes that Gandhi is significant since she dominated Indian politics yet was elected democratically and used the almost unlimited power in a democratic manner.
www.kings.edu /womens_history/igandhi.html   (3363 words)

  
 Feroze Gandhi -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Feroze Gandhi (12 August 1912 - 8 September 1960) was an (A republic in the Asian subcontinent in southern Asia; second most populous country in the world; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1947) Indian politician and journalist.
Feroze belonged to the ruling (Click link for more info and facts about Congress Party) Congress Party, but the opposition from other parties in the Lok Sabha was so weak that a (Click link for more info and facts about democratic) democratic void was created, which Feroze filled with his critical stance.
Feroze and Indira had two sons who also entered (The study of government of states and other political units) politics: (Click link for more info and facts about Rajiv) Rajiv and (Click link for more info and facts about Sanjay Gandhi) Sanjay Gandhi.
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 Finance Choices - Personal Finance Wiki
Feroze quickly developed a reputation for being a fighter against corruption by exposing a major scandal in the nationalized insurance industry, resulting in the resignation of the Finance Minister, a Nehru aide.
Gandhi advised President Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed to declare a state of emergency, claiming that the strikes and rallies were creating a state of 'internal disturbance'.
Gandhi may have grossly misjudged her popularity by reading what the heavily censored press wrote about her, or may have feared a military coup had she attempted to rule by decree any longer (There were reports that the Armed Forces would forcibly remove her from power and hold elections.
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 Indira Gandhi
Gandhi was born November 19, 1917, in Allahabad, India, to Jawaharlal and Kamala Nehru.
Because of the insecurities of her childhood Gandhi hardened herself and resolved not to be hurt, as her mother had been, by Indian social customs that repressed women.
Gandhi lived in Nehru's shadow for years, but she eventually began to speak out during her own campaigns and at functions her father could not attend.
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 Nehru-Khan-Gandhi dynasty
Gandhi was born on November 19, 1917 to Jawaharlal and Kamala Nehru.
Indira Nehru married Feroze (Khan) Gandhi in 1942 and became Indira Gandhi, which helped her politically as daughter of Nehru (the first Prime Minister of the Indian Union) and daughter–in-law of Gandhi (the father of the nation) securing her place in the future Nehru-Gandhi dynasty (based on swordoftruth.com).
Rajiv (Khan) Gandhi was born to Indira (Khan) Gandhi and Feroze (Khan) Gandhi.
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 Indira Gandhi
In 1971, Gandhi was re-elected by campaigning with the slogan "Abolish Poverty." However in 1975, Gandhi was found guilty of violating election laws.
Gandhi had ordered the storming in June because of what her government considered terrorist activity of extremist Sikhs who had occupied the Temple.
Drieberg believes that Gandhi is significant since she dominated Indian politics yet was elected democratically and used the almost unlimited power in a democratic manner.
departments.kings.edu /womens_history/igandhi.html   (3363 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Feroze Gandhi
Rajiv Gandhi (राजीव गान्धी) (August 20, 1944 – May 21, 1991), the first son of Indira and Feroze Gandhi, was the Prime Minister of India from his mothers death on October 31, 1984 until his resignation on December 2, 1989 following a general election defeat.
Sanjay Gandhi (December 14, 1946 - June 23, 1980) was an Indian politician; the younger son of Feroze Gandhi and his wife Indira Gandhi.
The marriage of Feroze and Indira was tumultuous, as Indira began living with her father, who was alone, and cared for him personally and often as a private secretary.
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 Talk:Feroze Gandhi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Do a websearch for "Feroze Gandhi surname" and you'll come up with the same article on many, many websites, and that same article is quoted here.
Feroze Gandhi is definitely not related to Gandhi.
First it is true that Feroze Gandhi is totally unconnected to Mahatma Gandhi in any way and the name change story is pretty well accepted in India.
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 Indira Gandhi Summary
Gandhi may have seen traits of Feroze in Sanjay and was ever-anxious to please him, as she perceived that Sanjay blamed her for his father's death.
Rajiv Gandhi is believed to have said that he would never forgive his brother for what he had done to their mother at a time when she was isolated, depressed and humiliated after her defeat in the 1977 elections.
Sanjay Gandhi's widow, Maneka Gandhi, who fell out with Indira after Sanjay's death and was famously thrown out of the Prime Minister's house, as well as Sanjay's son, Varun Gandhi, are active in politics as members of the main opposition BJP party.
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 Indira Gandhi :: Indian Leader
Meanwhile, her eldest son, Sanjay Gandhi, ordered the removal of slum dwellings, and in an attempt to curb India's growing population, initiated a highly resented program of forced sterilization.
In the post-emergency period, as a prime minister Indira Gandhi was preoccupied by efforts to resolve the political problems in the state of Punjab.
After her death, her second son, Rajiv Gandhi, was sworn in as head of the Congress party and Prime Minister.
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 Politics :: Truths about the Nehru Dynasty
Feroze Khan, the grocer's son was then in England and he was quite sympathetic to Indira.
Feroze Khan) known as Sanjay Gandhi was not the son of Feroze.
Maneka Gandhi itself is being accepted by the non-Congress parties not because she was a former model or an animal lover, but for her links to the Nehru family.
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 Feroze Gandhi   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Feroze Gandhi (12 August 1912 - 8 September 1960) wasan Indian politician and journalist.
He was born Feroze Khan, but changed his name toFeroze Gandhi before marrying Indira Nehru (later Indira Gandhi), thedaughter of India's first prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru.
Feroze belonged to theruling Congress Party, but the opposition fromother parties in the Lok Sabha was so weak that a democratic void was created,which Feroze filled with his critical stance.
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 [GOANET] NEHRU DYNASTY
Feroze's mother's family name was Ghandy, often associated with Parsis and this was changed to Gandhi, sometime before his wedding with Indira, by an affidavit.
Feroze Khan, the grocer's son was then in England and he was quite sympathetic to Indira and soon enough she changed her religion, became a Moslem woman and married Feroze Khan in a London mosque.
Feroze Khan)known as Sanjay Gandhi was not the son of Feroze.
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 Indira Gandhi - Great Indians
Mahatma Gandhi was a frequent visitor to her father's residence and she was greatly affected by his thinking.
After her return to India she married Feroze Gandhi, in March 1941 much against the wishes of the conservative Hindu community, as he was a Parsee.
Gandhi lost out to them in the next election in 1977 and was re-elected to power in 1980.
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 Indiainfo.com -> News -> India -> Feroze Varun Gandhi's collection of poems released   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Feroze, 20, is the shy, gangling son of Social Justice Minister Maneka Gandhi.
Feroze, a student at the London School of Economics, seemed hurried, yet not flustered by the adulation coming his way.
Feroze is considered by his friends to be "extremely well-read" and a keen student of Indian history and political science.
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 Indira Gandhi   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Gandhi was born on November 19, 1917, in Allahabad, the only child of Jawaharlal Nehru, later the first prime minister of India.
In 1975 Gandhi was convicted of a minor infraction of the election laws during the 1971 campaign.
Gandhi placed many aspects of life in India under her strict control, and thousands of dissenters were imprisoned.
www.distinguishedwomen.com /biographies/gandhi.html   (521 words)

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