Indira Gandhi was widowed at 43, a young, attractive and stylish woman in the prime of life, radiant with good health and energy, eager to claim her place in the political sun. Did she miss an intimate male presence in her life? In , there were rumours that Dinesh Singh, the handsome and sophisticated raja of Kalakankar and a minister in her first cabinet, was her lover and even functioned as the power behind the throne. However, her close associates strongly refute these rumours. Dinesh Singh only spread rumours about his so-called closeness to her to advance his own cause and was soon turfed out.
She was the nation's daughter, brought up under the close watch of both her father Jawaharlal Nehru, who was India's first Prime Minister after decades of British rule, and her country. When Indira But will they speak up about the dark secrets. These amazing pictures of India will show you how India was before Independence, far before you were even born. The good ol' days, really. This image of Tagore and Einstein brings geniuses from worlds apart together. A man climbs up an electric pole to see the last rites of Gandhiji's funeral.
But will they speak up about the dark secrets of her? Yes, M. Mathai who was with Nehru, knew everything about the Nehru family, actually a bit too much. Nehru was deeply busy in impressing these ladies that he forgot to take care of India. Eventually, India lost the Indo-China war.
Indira Gandhi, the first female Prime Minister of India, had been an epoch-making part of the Indian history, who reigned the nation exceptionally. Unlike her booming career, Indira's personal life was hit by several rocks and landed her in a controversial space unnumbered times. Jawaharlal Nehru's personal secretary M. Mathai in his book 'Reminiscences of the Nehru Age' spilled the beans and disclosed many secrets of the Nehru family.