Sonia Gandhi pays tribute to Indira Gandhi on her birth anniversary

New Delhi: Congress Interim President Sonia Gandhi paid tribute to the country’s former Prime Minister and her mother-in-law Indira Gandhi at Shakti Sthal in Delhi on her 104th birth anniversary, on Friday.

Indira Gandhi, often described as the ‘Iron Lady of India’, was born on November 19, 1917 in Uttar Pradesh’s Allahabad.

“Her vision futuristic, her words inspirational, her actions transformative, her life extraordinary, former Prime Minister, Bharat



Ratna Smt. Indira Gandhi personified strength, courage, grit, devotion & sacrifice. A billion salutes to her on her birth anniversary,” Indian National Congress tweeted.

Born on November 19, 1917, to India’s first Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru and Kamala Nehru, Indira Gandhi served as the first and only woman prime minister of the country from January 1966 to March 1977 and again from January 1980 until her assassination in October 1984.