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...came in creased rumblings of independence, and with them the appointment of Nehru as acting Prime Minister. Nehru's wife had died in 1936, and he summoned his beloved Indu (meaning Moon) to come to Delhi as his official hostess. Over her husband's strong objections, Indira took the boys and set out for New Delhi on a trip that was to lead her to the highest councils of government. (She separated from her husband in 1947; he died of a heart attack...
Language Troubles. As Minister of Information and Broadcasting, Indira managed to make a few improvements. She doubled radio broadcasting time to 18 hours daily and opened the airways to opposition-party members and independent commentators who were free to say what they pleased. Indian listeners could hardly believe their ears, for until then, the radio and TV stations?which are state monopolies?had been used solely as government mouthpieces...
...Indira retained her image as a doer in other fields. When riots broke out last year in southern India, against the establishment of Hindi as the country's official language, Indira flew to the center of the violence in Madras and calmed the Tamil-speaking mobs by promising that the matter would be reconsidered (Shastri later shelved...
Selection Process. Destiny may have ordained Indira for India's biggest post, but it took shrewd politicking by others to get her there. When news of Shastri's death flashed across India, Delhi buzzed with the names of possible successors. There was S. K. Patil, 65, the political boss of Bombay and favorite of India's big businessmen. One might consider Y. B. Chavan, 51, Shastri's Defense Minister, who had won good marks during last fall's war with Pakistan. There was also acting Prime Minister Gulzarilal Nanda, who had held that post once before during the interregnum after...
...just about everybody else in sight to fill the party's coffers. He has ruled himself out for national office, because he speaks only Tamil. On the news of Shastri's death, he had flown from his home in the south to Delhi, muttering: "What to do? Unity! Indira?" In Delhi he kept the thought to himself and did his best to find a candidate with the widest support. Neither the syndicate nor Kamaraj wanted the conservative Desai, for he was too strong?and abrasive?a personality for any group of party leaders. Desai was not deterred...