Indira Gandhi Quotes
The power to question is the basis of all human progress.
Gandhi, Indira. Speech at the Silver Jubilee Celebration of the Central Social Welfare Board, New Delhi, 12 Aug. 1978. Selected Speeches and Writings of Indira Gandhi, vol. 3, Publications Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Govt. of India, 1984.
Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi was an Indian politician and a central figure of the Indian National Congress. She was the first and, to date, only female Prime Minister of India. Indira Gandhi was the daughter of Jawaharlal Nehru, the first prime minister of India. She served as prime minister from January 1966 to March 1977 and again from January 1980 until her assassination in October 1984, making her the second longest-serving Indian prime minister after her father.