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The sterilization of men is one method of birth control. The surest, most radical method. To you it seems dreadful. To me it seems that, properly applied, it's by no means dreadful.

Indira Gandhi

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Indira Gandhi
Age: 66 †
Born: 1917
Born: November 19
Died: 1984
Died: October 31
Former Prime Minister Of India
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Indira Nehru
Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi
Indira Priyadarshini Nehru
Indira Ghandi
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