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The marriage ceremony of Feroze Gandhi and Indira Nehru at Anand Bhavan, on 26 March 1942. In 1984, a photograph of the wedding was used in court to show that the ceremony followed Hindu, and not Parsi, rituals. [14] Feroze first proposed to Indira in 1933, but she and her mother rejected it, pointing out that she was too young, only 16. [15]
Indira Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru, Rajiv Gandhi, and Sanjay Gandhi Portrait of Feroze and Indira Gandhi. She married Feroze Gandhi at the age of 25, in 1942. Their marriage lasted 18 years until he died of a heart attack in 1960. [254] [255] They had two sons—Rajiv and Sanjay. Initially, her younger son Sanjay had been her chosen heir, but ...
Feroze Gandhi [b] 12 September 1912 March 1942 Indira Gandhi: 24 January 1966 24 March 1977 8 September 1960 14 January 1980 31 October 1984 4 Gujraben Desai: 1911 Morarji Desai: 24 March 1977 28 July 1979 5 Gayatri Devi: 5 December 1905 Charan Singh: 28 July 1979 14 January 1980 10 May 2002 6 Sonia Gandhi 9 December 1946 1968 Rajiv Gandhi
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[5] [6] The author and editor, Nayantara Sahgal is the daughter of Pandit, niece of Nehru and first cousin of Indira Gandhi. [7] She writes that "of all the words written about Nehru, none reveal him as his own do". [8] His letters to his mother, father and youngest sister, Krishna Nehru Hutheesing (Betty), were previously published. [8]
Feroze Gandhi (1912–1960), husband of Indira. He was a politician and journalist. Braj Kumar Nehru (1909–2001), son of Brijlal Nehru. He served as the Indian diplomat and ambassador to the United States and as High Commissioner to the United Kingdom. He later served as Governor of several Indian states and was an adviser to his cousin ...
Gandhi: "perfume seller," from Gujarati gandh, "sandalwood" [11]. The Gandhi surname came into the separate Nehru-Gandhi family from Feroze Gandhi, a politician of Gujarati Parsi ancestry, who, after joining the independence movement, changed the spelling of his surname from Ghandy to Gandhi, to match that of the family of Mahatma Gandhi despite not being related biologically nor by marriage ...
Rajiv Gandhi was born in Bombay (Mumbai) on 20 August 1944 to Indira and Feroze Gandhi. In 1951, Rajiv and his younger brother Sanjay were admitted to Shiv Niketan school, where the teachers said Gandhi was shy and introverted, and "greatly enjoyed painting and drawing". [ 9 ]