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Indira Gandhi

September 2023

  • Middle-aged Sikh man with long white beard and black turban raises left fist while holding large yellow flag with black writing that says KHALISTAN and has a symbol and other writing on it.

    ‘Whether it costs our lives or not’: killing of Canadian Sikh leader reignites historic fight

    Decades-long separatist movement gets new fire with ‘credible allegations’ that India behind murder of Hardeep Singh Nijjar

January 2023

  • Marilyn Stafford at a retrospective of her work at the Brighton Museum & Art Gallery last year.

    Einstein, Piaf, Twiggy: Marilyn Stafford’s extraordinary life behind the lens

    The American photographer, who has died aged 97, was equally at home documenting war as she was shooting celebrity portraits

August 2022

  • Hundreds of Muslim refugees in Delhi pack inside and atop the engine and coaches of a Pakistan-bound train on 27 September 1947.

    India marks 75 years of independence from Britain – in pictures

    This month marks three-quarters of a century since the creation of the independent state of India after British rule. Here we look back at some of the key events that shaped the country

July 2020

  • One of the 1966 newspapers found at the Bossons glacier near Chamonix in the French Alps

    Mont Blanc melting glacier yields Indian newspapers from 1966 plane crash

    Receding French ice leaves behind newspapers proclaiming Indira Gandhi’s rise to become PM

April 2019

  • Narendra Modi campaigning in Kolkata

    In India’s election race Narendra Modi isn’t the strongman the world assumes

    Ruchir Sharma
    The country’s massive diversity means the Hindu nationalist leader can’t rely on sabre-ratting with Pakistan

December 2018

  • People burn placards and effigies of India’s main opposition Congress party leaders, Sajjan Kumar and Kamal Nath, during a protest near the party’s headquarters in New Delhi.

    Former Indian MP jailed for life over 1984 Sikh massacre

    Congress party’s Sajjan Kumar is most prominent figure to be convicted over mass murder

September 2018

  • Kuldip Nayar earned his reputation for courage in the 1970s when he was jailed for opposing the state of emergency declared by the then prime minister, Indira Gandhi.

    Kuldip Nayar obituary

    Veteran Indian journalist, editor and politician who was a champion of press freedom

August 2018

  • Statue of Sappho

    Brief letters
    Influential women missing from the list

    Brief letters: What, no Sappho? | Poetry in newspapers | Rain risk for mobility scooters | The Healeys on holiday | Cheap beer in Yorkshire

June 2018

  • Sikhs in Trafalgar Square commemorate the June 1984 attack at the Golden Temple, Amritsar.

    British government ordered to open Amritsar massacre files

    Campaigners say papers could reveal details of UK role in 1984 assault at Golden Temple

November 2017

  • Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi speaks after the Bhopal disaster in December 1984.

    From the Guardian archive
    Rajiv the nice and the nasty: profile of new Indian Premier Rajiv Gandhi – archive, 1984

    9 November 1984 Rajiv came to power after his mother Indira Gandhi was assassinated. As new Prime Minister of India he has no shortage of problems. First, and most urgent of all, he has to keep the peace

October 2017

  • Sikhs

    British government ‘covered up’ its role in Amritsar massacre in India

    A Sikh group is demanding an inquiry into the SAS’s involvement in the storming of the Golden Temple in 1984

December 2016

  • Indian soldiers take positions from a building adjoining the Golden Temple during Operation Blue Star in 1984

    Sikh campaigners seek release of UK files on Golden Temple assault

    Indian government’s attempt to clear militants from Sikh religion’s holiest site in 1984 resulted in hundreds being killed

March 2015

  • Mrs Indira Gandhi.

    From the Guardian archive
    From the archive, 23 March 1977: Indira Gandhi loses election

    Originally published in the Guardian on 23 March 1977: “My colleagues and I accept the people’s verdict unreservedly and in a spirit of humility” - Mrs Gandhi

August 2014

  • Indira Gandhi

    India blocks release of Indira Gandhi assassination film over unrest fears

  • Indira Gandhi

    Indian protests planned around release of Indira Gandhi assassination film

May 2014

  • Ian Jack

    Ian Jack on Saturday
    Are Sonia and Rahul Gandhi caught in a dance with destiny they can't escape?

    Ian Jack
    Rahul's grandmother was gunned down and his father blown up in a suicide bombing. But even now, after a massive election defeat, it seems he and his mother cannot escape Indian politics, writes Ian Jack
  • India's Prime Pinister designate Narendra Modi addresses the media

    The real reasons behind Narendra Modi's victory

    Letters: Modi's victory is a revolt against India's democratic capitalism, which failed to create sustainable growth beyond 5%
  • Indira Gandhi

    Climate change: defining moments
    Climate change and poverty: why Indira Gandhi's speech matters

    India's late prime minister's Stockholm address linked poverty and the environment for the first time. It has been misinterpreted ever since, writes Karl Mathiesen

April 2014

  • Priyanka Gandhi Vadra

    Another member of Gandhi dynasty weighs into bitter Indian election battle

    Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, seen as more charismatic than brother Rahul, gives speech calling for power 'in the hands of the people'

March 2014

  • Rahul Gandhi meets rickshaw pullers on the campaign trail for the 2014 general elections

    Rahul Gandhi gives rare interview in bid to appear approachable before polls

    Scion of India's most famous political dynasty says he has no immediate plans to marry and reveals dislike of Hollywood films
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