Extraordinary Women

Indira Gandhi

Season 1, Episode 10 of 13

Indira Gandhi was always destined for greatness. As the first female leader of the world's largest democracy, she inherited a country plagued by poverty, famine and social injustice. Yet Indira triumphed over her critics, transformed India into a confident independent democracy, and rose to dominate India's political stage for nearly 20 years. To the poor, she was 'Mother India'. To others, Durgar, the goddess of war. Yet Indira was a woman of extreme contradictions. She was the democrat who became a dictator. She was the wife and mother who placed politics and power before her family. And eventually, she paid the price for her very public flaws.

Previously Aired

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Time
Channel
7/1/2017
11:02 p.m.
7/12/2017
7 p.m.
7/13/2017
4 a.m.
1/13/2018
11 p.m.
1/14/2018
5 a.m.
1/15/2018
1 a.m.
1/19/2018
1 p.m.
1/14/2019
2:31 p.m.
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