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Wikileaks and 5 lesser know facts of Indira Gandhi: Nuclear technology, corruption and foreign relations
As a Prime Minister of India, her accomplishments and failures are quite well known. However, there are certain aspects of her regime that have not garnered much attention. There are some other startling revelations that were made in Wikileaks cables
| Satyaagrah | Diary
Golden time of Nehru dynasty, when assets of country like Indian Navy were used for Vacation and to 'pay respect' to Edwina Mountbatten's death
The holidaying group included Rajiv Gandhi, Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi, Sonia Gandhi’s mother, her brother and a maternal uncle. Also present were then MP Amitabh Bachchan, his wife Jaya Bachchan and their three children, daughter of Amitabh’s brother Ajitabh, and former minister Arun Singh’s brother Bijendra Singh’s wife and daughter
| Satyaagrah | Jawaharlal Nehru
Saam Daam Dand Bhed: How Indira and Sanjay Gandhi pulled off the Maruti scam
Sanjay Gandhi, not holding any office, was literally running the Government, and by some strange whim decided that he wanted to become a car manufacturer. Sanjay Gandhi had interest in automobile and an indulgent mother Mrs Gandhi considered Sanjay’s alleged involvement in car thefts in Delhi an indicator of the same
| Satyaagrah | Diary
How undisciplined Indira Gandhi when expelled from Congress Party by 'Syndicate', divided the party into two: 12 November 1969
On November 12, 1969, the then Prime Minister of India Indira Gandhi was expelled from the Congress party on the grounds of violating party discipline and "fostering a cult of personality"
| Satyaagrah | Diary
How Nehru had laid blue print of Indira Gandhi inheriting his PM post
The plan succeeded. When Nehru passed away, Shastri was elected, mainly because Kamaraj backed him against Desai. And, when Shastri died suddenly, Indira became PM
| Satyaagrah | Jawaharlal Nehru
Depth of Soviet penetration in Indian media is exposed through declassified CIA document from 2011
CIA declassified a document titled ‘The Soviets in India: Moscow’s Major Penetration Program’ in 2011, two decades after the fall of USSR; which revealed the depth of KGB infiltration in India’s media circles
| Satyaagrah | History
Ghost from the past: Unseen picture of Nehru voting in favour of partition of India goes viral
Nehru further states that Mahatma Gandhi was not in favour of the partition and neither was he. “But ultimately I decided like others did. It is better to have partition than this constant trouble"
| Satyaagrah | Jawaharlal Nehru
Three generations of Nehru-Gandhi dynasty has visited Babur’s tomb in Afghanistan: Did you know?
There is one aspect of Babur that has remained rather ignored yet. The ruling dynasty of the Congress party appears to have some sort of fascination with the Mughal Emperor. In fact, his tomb has been visited by three generations of rulers from the dynasty
| Satyaagrah | Politics
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