Indira Gandhi : Priyadarshini

November 19, 1985

Indira Gandhi : Priyadarshini

A postage stamp on Indira Gandhi Commemoration (4^th Issue), daughter of First Indian Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru (1947-64) :

Issued by India

Issued on Nov 19, 1985

Type : Stamp, Mint Condition

Colour : Multi colour

Denomination : 300 Paise

Printed at : India Security Press

Name : Indira Priyadarshini Nehru

Born on Nov 19, 1917 at Allahabad, United Provinces, British India

Died on Oct 31, 1984 at New Delhi, India

About :

Indira Gandhi was born on 19^th November, 1917 in Allahabad. She was named Indira Priyadarshini “She who one loves to look upon”. In a letter to Jawaharlal Nehru on the occasion, Sarojini Naidu wrote : “This child will be the new soul of India“. Indira Priyadarshini had her early education in Vishwa Bharati, Shantiniketan and Switzerland. Later she joined Sommerville College at Oxford, England.
Young Indira was actively involved in the country’s freedom struggle from a very early age. She founded the ‘Bal–charkha Sangh’ and in 1930, the ‘Vanar Sena’ of children to help the Congress party during the non-cooperation movement. Her father Jawaharlal Nehru influenced her deeply. To her, he was a companion, a teacher and a colleague. His letters from the prison ‘Letters from a father to a daughter‘ and also ‘Glimpses of World History‘ imparted to her a sense of history and heritage and a global view of the world, a view that found expression as she matured, in her perceptions and actions. Indira was married to Feroze Gandhi, a childhood friend on March 26, 1942. Indira and Feroze were closely associated with the non-cooperation movement. On India‘s Independence she wrote : “It is one of the proudest and most exciting moments of my life“.
Throughout Jawaharlal Nehru‘s tenure of 17 years as Prime Minister, Indira was active at home in various capacities. She was the official hostess for her father and met a large number of world personalities, each new meeting and experience enriching her personality and preparing her for the role she would later play in shaping India.
In January 1966, she was sworn in as the Prime Minister of India. Indira had a tough determination and led the country ahead with her inexhaustible capacity to work, and an uncanny sense of timing.