‘Cool’ Indira Gandhi was changing bedcovers after 1971 war began: Book
8 years, 10 months ago

‘Cool’ Indira Gandhi was changing bedcovers after 1971 war began: Book

India TV News  

New Delhi: A day after the India-Pakistan war erupted in 1971, then prime minister Indira Gandhi was so cool that she was changing the bedcovers on a 'diwan' when her personal physician walked in. "It was the day after the Bangladesh war had started and she had worked late into the night," says the book, "The Unseen Indira Gandhi". She refused to move into Teen Murti House and added "a couple of rooms" only after Rajiv Gandhi married Sonia in 1968. Describing Indira Gandhi as "a loving mother, grandmother and an understanding and non-interfering mother-in-law", Mathur says Gandhi took an immediate liking for Sonia. Mathur says that Gandhi accepted her defeat in the 1977 Lok Sabha election "gracefully".

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Hindustan Times  

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