1. Indira Gandhi served as a personal assistant to Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru.

2. She got the Gandhi surname after she married Feroze Gandhi, a Parsi gentleman.

3. She had a dispute with US President Richard Nixon over India’s decision to side with the Soviet Union during the Cold War.

4. She had friendly relations with the chairwoman of the United States, Lynda Johnson.

5. As a child, Indira Gandhi burnt her British toys in support of India’s freedom movement.

6. India conducted its first nuclear test under her prime ministership in 1974 making India a global nuclear power.

7. Rakesh Sharma became the first Indian citizen to go to space during her reign in 1984.

8. Indira Gandhi launched Congress (I) in 1978 and won the 1980 Lok Sabha elections.

9. She is the second longest-serving Indian Prime Minister after Jawaharlal Nehru.

10. She was assassinated by her bodyguards on October 31, 1984.