cinderella man Posted January 27, 2011 Report Posted January 27, 2011 [img]http://img.timeinc.net/time/photoessays/2009/nehru_ghandi/nehru_ghandi_01.jpg[/img]The Fathers of Modern IndiaJawaharlal Nehru (left) and Mohandas Gandhi in July 1942, amid the long struggle to win freedom from Britain. Mahatma Gandhi's philosophy of massive, popular non-violent resistance would eventually carry the day, leading to the establishment of a secular India led by Nehru.
cinderella man Posted January 27, 2011 Author Report Posted January 27, 2011 [img]http://img.timeinc.net/time/photoessays/2009/nehru_ghandi/nehru_ghandi_02.jpg[/img]India's First Prime MinisterNehru and his Congress Party ruled from independence in 1947 to 1964, when he died of a stroke. In the next two years, Congress seeking to re-energize itself picked his daughter Indira, who had married lawyer Feroze Gandhi (no relation to the Mahatma), and thus had the combination of the Nehru bloodline and possession of the iconic Gandhi name. If the party elders were expecting a pliable figurehead in Indira, they were wrong....
cinderella man Posted January 27, 2011 Author Report Posted January 27, 2011 [img]http://img.timeinc.net/time/photoessays/2009/nehru_ghandi/nehru_ghandi_03.jpg[/img]A Force of NatureIndira Gandhi proved to be one of the most headstrong and indomitable Prime Ministers of India. She served two successive terms, was thrown into jail after declaring Emergency rule to govern by decree and then came back for a third term in 1980. Her two sons, Sanjay (the younger, left, her favorite) and Rajiv would leave different political legacies. Rajiv did not care for politics leaving Sanjay to be seen as heir apparent to their mother. But Sanjay would die in a 1980 plane crash...
cinderella man Posted January 27, 2011 Author Report Posted January 27, 2011 [img]http://img.timeinc.net/time/photoessays/2009/nehru_ghandi/nehru_ghandi_04.jpg[/img]The Unexpected LeaderAfter his brother's death, Rajiv, who had sought a career as a commercial airline pilot, was thrust into the political limelight because of his mother's need for someone to carry on the dynastic legacy. In 1984, however, Indira Gandhi was assassinated by her Sikh bodyguards, dying in the arms of Rajiv's Italian-born wife Sonia (pictured campaigning with her husband). Rajiv would then succeed his mother as Prime Minister, governing till 1989. He was killed in a 1991 by a suicide bomber while campaigning to regain the office.
cinderella man Posted January 27, 2011 Author Report Posted January 27, 2011 [img]http://img.timeinc.net/time/photoessays/2009/nehru_ghandi/nehru_ghandi_05.jpg[/img]The Brother's WifeSanjay Gandhi's politically ambitious wife Maneka, a journalist and environmentalist, proved to be a thorn in the side of, first, her mother-in-law Indira, then Rajiv and, then, Sonia, who after Rajiv's death was eventually coaxed into leading the Congress Party. Maneka would join various opposition parties, including the Bharatiya Janata Party, which espoused Hindu nationalism as its core tenet. She would be in various cabinets of governments opposed to the Congress party run by her relatives.
cinderella man Posted January 27, 2011 Author Report Posted January 27, 2011 [img]http://img.timeinc.net/time/photoessays/2009/nehru_ghandi/nehru_ghandi_06.jpg[/img]Sanjay's HeirVarun Gandhi, 29, the son of Maneka Gandhi, has brought the strongheaded dynastic style into a new generation. His reported anti-Muslim remarks in March 2009, in the walkup to parliamentary elections, have led to a popular uproar. Like his mother, he is a member of the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party, which is reveling in having a scion of the Nehru clan amidst its right-wing ranks. Observers point out that Varun is hardly an orthodox Hindu: his mother is a Sikh, his grandfather — Indira's husband — a Parsi, the descendant of Zoroastrians from Persia.
cinderella man Posted January 27, 2011 Author Report Posted January 27, 2011 [img]http://img.timeinc.net/time/photoessays/2009/nehru_ghandi/nehru_ghandi_07.jpg[/img]Rajiv's HeirsThe likely generational opponents of Varun are Rahul Gandhi, 38, and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, 37, the son and daughter of Sonia. The political career of Rahul, now a member of parliament, is being very carefully controlled by his mother, who is openfully fearful of the violence that has taken her mother-in-law and her husband. The charismatic Priyanka, however, has spoken out against her cousin Varun. Brother and sister (seen here at a memorial service for their father) have been active in the election campaigns conducted by their mother.
joy Posted January 27, 2011 Report Posted January 27, 2011 nenu basic ga mms ki thappa, deniki afdb use cheyanu but eeee lavada lo nehru family valla mana india madaa gudisindi& gudusthondi&& inka gudusthundi pm pls thankyou
joy Posted January 27, 2011 Report Posted January 27, 2011 [quote author=cinderella man link=topic=148089.msg1712910#msg1712910 date=1296122696][img]http://img.timeinc.net/time/photoessays/2009/nehru_ghandi/nehru_ghandi_07.jpg[/img]Rajiv's HeirsThe likely generational opponents of Varun are Rahul Gandhi, 38, and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, 37, the son and daughter of Sonia. The political career of Rahul, now a member of parliament, is being very carefully controlled by his mother, who is openfully fearful of the violence that has taken her mother-in-law and her husband. The charismatic Priyanka, however, has spoken out against her cousin Varun. Brother and sister (seen here at a memorial service for their father) have been active in the election campaigns conducted by their mother.[/quote]right side figure evaru?mms vasthe pls pm thankyou
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