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It's not at all hard to reconcile the two things if you organize your time intelligently. Even when my sons were little, I was working.

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
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