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I always wanted to have children - if it had been up to me, I would have had eleven. It was my husband who wanted only two.

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
Politician
Writer
Prayag
Indira Nehru
Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi
Indira Priyadarshini Nehru
Indira Ghandi
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Eleven
Husband
Two
Wanted
Children
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