Prime Minister of IndiaHead of governmentThe prime minister of India (ISO: Bhāratīya Gaṇarājyasya Pradhānamantrī) is the head of government of the Republic of India. Executive authority is vested in the prime minister and his chosen Council of Ministers, despite the President of India being the nominal head of state. The prime minister has to be a member of one of the houses of bicameral Parliament of India, alongside heading the respective house.
Portuguese IndiaState of the Portuguese Empire (1505–1961)Today part ofIndiaBangladeshMaldivesThe State of India, also known as the Portuguese State of India or Portuguese India, was a state of the Portuguese Empire founded seven years after the discovery of the sea route to the Indian subcontinent by Vasco da Gama, a subject of the Kingdom of Portugal.
Indira GandhiPersonal detailsBornIndira Priyadarshini Nehru(1917-11-19)19 November 1917Allahabad, Agra and Oudh, British RajDied31 October 1984(1984-10-31) (aged 66)New Delhi, IndiaCause of deathAssassinationPartyIndian National Congress (1938–1969)Indian National Congress (Requisitionists) (1969–1978)Indian National Congress (Indira) (1978–1984)SpouseFeroze Gandhi(m.1942; died 1960)ChildrenRajivSanjayParentsJawaharlal NehruKamala NehruRelativesNehru–Gandhi familyEducationVisva-Bharati University (dropped out) Somerville College, Oxford (dropped out)AwardsSee belowSignatureGandhi on India–United States relationsRecorded 29 July 1982Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi (néeNehru; 19 November 1917 – 31 October 1984) was an Indian stateswoman who twice served as the Prime Minister of India from 1966 to 1977 and again from 1980 until her assassination in 1984.
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President of IndiaHead of stateThe president of India (ISO: Bhārata kē Rāṣṭrapati) is the head of state of the Republic of India. The president is the nominal head of the executive, the first citizen of the country, and the supreme commander of the Indian Armed Forces. Droupadi Murmu is the 15th and current president, having taken office on 25 July 2022. The office of president was created when India's constitution came into force and it became a republic on 26 January 1950.
MaharashtraMaharashtra is a state in the western peninsular region of India occupying a substantial portion of the Deccan Plateau. It is bordered by the Arabian Sea to the west, the Indian states of Karnataka and Goa to the south, Telangana to the southeast and Chhattisgarh to the east, Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh to the north, and the Indian union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu to the northwest.
Parliament of IndiaThe Parliament of India (ISO: Bhāratīya Saṁsada) is the supreme legislative body of the Republic of India. It is a bicameral legislature composed of the Rajya Sabha (Council of States) and the Lok Sabha (House of the People).
Lok SabhaThe Lok Sabha, also known as the House of the People, is the lower house of the bicameral Parliament of India, where the upper house is Rajya Sabha. Members of the Lok Sabha are elected by an adult universal suffrage and a first-past-the-post system to represent their respective constituencies, and they hold their seats for five years or until the body is dissolved by the president of India on the advice of the union council of ministers.
Rajya SabhaThe Rajya Sabha, also known as Council of States, is the upper house of the Parliament of India, of which the Lok Sabha is the lower house. The Rajya Sabha represents India's federal units – the states and union territories. Where the Lok Sabha is directly elected by the population, the Rajya Sabha is composed of members chosen by the state and union territory legislatures, giving the states a formal role in national law-making.
Sarvepalli RadhakrishnanPresident of India from 1962 to 1967GoansGoans (Romi Konkani: Goenkar, Portuguese: Goeses) is the demonym used to describe the people native to Goa, India, formerly part of Portuguese India (Estado Português da Índia). They form an ethno-linguistic group resulting from the assimilation of Indo-Aryan, Dravidian, Indo-Portuguese, Austro-Asiatic ethnic and/or linguistic ancestries. They speak different dialects of the Konkani language, collectively known as Goan Konkani. A small minority speak Portuguese.
Goa Opinion Poll DayThe Goa Opinion Poll Day, also known as Asmitai Dis (transl. Identity Day), was a referendum held in newly annexed union territory of Goa, Daman and Diu in India, on 16 January 1967, to deal with the Konkani language agitation and to decide the future of Goa.*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.