POLITICS
Of Indira Gandhi
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Arrested and jailed for nationalist activities shortly after their marriage, Mrs. Gandhi was imprisoned for eight months and Feroze for a full year. Feroze then became editor of The National Herald, a newspaper founded by his father-in-law, and Mrs. Gandhi became the principal confidant and hostess of her father during the period of Nehru's prime ministership (1947-1965). The couple separated for a number of years during the 1950s as Feroze Gandhi launched his own political career in Parliament and was often at odds with Nehru's policies and style. The death of Feroze (from a heart attack) in 1960, and the subsequent death of her father in 1964, caused Mrs. Gandhi to become increasingly withdrawn into herself and her immediate family until she was chosen as party leader and prime minister in January 1966.
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