Indira Gandhi
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Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi (1917-1984) was the prime minister of India from 1966-1977 and 1980-1984. She was a prominent member of the Indian National Congress party and the only daughter of the first Prime Minister of India Jawaharlal Nehru, who was a member of the Theosophical Society and whose views were influenced by theosophy.[2]
She was well acquainted with Theosophists such as Rukmini Devi Arundale and Radha Burnier. On at least one occasion lectured at the Adyar headquarters of the Theosophical Society; she closed the 1982 annual convention, speaking of the "Future of Man."[3]
Notes
- ↑ Scanned from The Theosophist, 104.7-8 (April-May, 1983), opposite page 280.
- ↑ "Nehru, Jawaharlal," at Theosophy.World
- ↑ Dora Kunz, "Viewpoint" The American Theosophist 71.2 (February, 1983), 30.
