Word: shastri
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...when Nehru's successor Lai Shastri died in 1966, after only 19 months in power, Indira was chosen as Prime Minister. Though self-effacing and inexperienced, she commanded the affectionate support of the country simply by virtue of being the only child of its beloved father figure...
Then she collapsed in tears. Almost every time someone spoke to her, she would start crying. Nehru's successor, Lai Bahadur Shastri, wanted her to serve as Foreign Minister, but she wanted no public office at all. Only after ten days of Shastri's pleading did she agree to serve as Minister of Information and Broadcasting, a minor post. After less than two years in office, Shastri suddenly died, and the Congress Party bosses could not agree on a successor. They turned to Mrs. Gandhi as someone who could serve while the struggle for power went...
...winning back her old seat in the Rae Bareli district have been enhanced by a split in the opposition reflecting the disarray that also prevails in India's other major political parties. Facing Gandhi are a former Maharani, Vijaya Reje Scindia, on the Janata ticket, and Mahipal Singh Shastri, representing Lok Dal. But in case of a slip-up in Rae Bareli, Gandhi has taken the precaution of running in a second constituency, in Andhra Pradesh, the only one of India's states that Gandhi's party now rules...