WORLD WAR II
DECOLONIZATION PHASE
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helping the British fight World War II and her role in the Bengali Famine
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the removal of British control from the Indian subcontinent through non-violent protest
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abolishing caste distinctions and discrimination once in power as the first Sikh president
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her controversial time as one of the first democratically elected female heads of state
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Detailed explanation-1: -She was India’s first, and to date only, female prime minister and a central figure of the Indian National Congress. Gandhi was the daughter of Jawaharlal Nehru, the first prime minister of India, and the mother of Rajiv Gandhi, who succeeded her in office as the sixth Indian prime minister.
Detailed explanation-2: -Sinha declared the election verdict in the Rae Bareilly constituency “null and void", and barred Gandhi from holding elected office for six years. While Sinha had dismissed charges of bribery, he had found Indira guilty of misusing government machinery as a government employee herself.
Detailed explanation-3: -Jawaharlal Nehru (/ˈneɪruˌˈnɛru/; Hindi: [ˈdʒəʋɑːɦəɾˈlɑːl ˈneːɦɾuː] ( listen); juh-WAH-hurr-LAHL NE-hǝ-ROO; 14 November 1889 – 27 May 1964) was an Indian anti-colonial nationalist, secular humanist, social democrat, statesman and author who was a central figure in India during the middle of the 20th century.
Detailed explanation-4: -Indian National Congress leader Jawaharlal Nehru became the first Prime Minister of India, but the leader most associated with the independence struggle, Mahatma Gandhi, accepted no office. The constitution adopted in 1950 made India a democratic country, and this democracy has been sustained since then.