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People who say it was her father who prepared her for the post of prime minister, it was her father who launched her, are wrong.

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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 Priyadarshini Gandhi
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