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Indira Gandhi's 103rd Birth Anniversary: 24 Rare Photos of 'Iron Lady'

On Indira Gandhi's 103rd birth anniversary, we bring you some of her rare and unseen pictures from our photo archives.

Last Updated: November 19, 2020, 09:40 IST

Picture taken in the 1950s of Indian states woman Indira Gandhi-Nehru while she visits an India store in Zurich. (Image: AFP)

Mahatma Gandhi and Indira Gandhi. (Image: Getty Images)

Jawaharlal Nehru and his Daughter,Indira. (Image: Getty Images)

Mahatma Gandhi walking with Indira Nehru (Indira Gandhi), daughter of Jawaharlal Nehru. (Image: Getty Images)

Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru with Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi. (Image: Getty Images)

From left: Zhu Enlai (1898-1975), one of the leaders of the Chinese Communist Party, and Prime Minister of China from its inception in 1949 until his death, Indira Gandhi (1917-84), daughter of Jawaharlal Nehru (R, 1889-1964)), Indian Premier (1947-64) upon their arrival for state visit in China 12 October 1954. Zhu Enlai greatest triumph of mediation was during the Cultural Revolution, when he worked to preserve China national unity and the survival of the government against the forces of anarchy. (Image: AFP)

Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru in official visit in France talks with his daughter Indira (C) 17 July 1956 at the Elysée Palace in Paris. Indian statesman and prime minister (1947-64) Nehru joined the Indian Congress Committee in 1918, he was influenced by Gandhi and was imprisonned several times by the British. In 1947 he became India's first prime minister and minister of external affairs. (Image: AFP)

Indira Gandhi celebrates her victory after elections as President of the Congress Party of India, on February 17, 1959. (Image: AFP)

Indian prime minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru poses with his daughter Indira Gandhi, 25 February 1961 in New Dehli. (Image: AFP)

Indira Gandhi pays the respect at the body of her father Nehru, India's first Prime Minister, who died at his home after a sudden heart attack, aged 74, 28 May 1964. Lal Shastri, Minister for Home Affairs, became the new Prime minister 9 June 1964. (Image: AFP)

Indira Gandhi is greeted by her opponent Morarji Desai just after her election as Prime Minister of India, 19 January 1966. Only child of Jawaharlal Nehru, the first prime minister of independent India, Indira Gandhi was Prime Minister of India from 19 January 1966 to 24 March 1977 and from 14 January 1980 until her assassination on 31 October 1984, by her own two Sikh bodyguards, Beant Singh and Satwant Singh. (Image: AFP)

Indira Gandhi, Dr. Albert Einstein, Jawaharlal Nehru and Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit. (Image: Getty Images)

Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru with his daughter Indira Gandhi. (Image: Getty Images)

An undated photo of Indira Gandhi, Prime Minister of India in 1974, visiting the Talkatora Gardens in New Delhi. (Image: AFP)

Indian Prime minister Indira Gandhi (C) chats with American president Lyndon Johnson before a diner at the White House in Washington during a three-day official visit to United States 30 March 1966. (Image: AFP)

Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi smiles wearing floral garlands after her reelection as Prime Minister of India, in March 1971. (Image: AFP)

Pope Paul VI, attending the Eucharistic Congress in Bombay, meets with church leaders and officials of the Indian government. (LtoR): Cardinal Tisserant; Indian Vice-President Hussain; Pope Paul; Indian premier Lal Bahadur Shastri; Mrs. Indira Gandhi, Indian Information Minister; and Cardinal Gracias, Archbishop of Bombay. (Image: Getty Images)

Picture dated November 1971 of Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi during her official visit in Paris. (Image: AFP)

Pakistani President Zulfikar Alî Bhutto (C) shakes hands with Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi 28 June 1972 in Shimla, the summer capital of India, while his daughter Benazir Bhutto (2nd-R) and Indian Foreign Minister Swaran Singh (R), look on. Bhutto visited India to meet Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and negotiated a formal peace agreement and the release of 93,000 Pakistani prisoners of war. The two leaders signed the Shimla Agreement, which committed both nations to establish a Line of Control in Kashmir and obligated them to resolve disputes peacefully through bilateral talks. (Image: AFP)

In this June 28, 1972, file photo, Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, right, and President of Pakistan Zulfikar Ali Bhutto shake hands after signing and agreement in the Governor's Mansion, in Simla, India. After several days of talks, the agreement calls for the withdrawal of forces from their borders and renunciation of the use of force. (Image: AP)

Photo taken 18 November 1972 in New Delhi of Roman Catholic nun Mother Teresa (R) with India's Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. (Image: AFP)

A photo dated 24 January 1976 of Indira Gandhi, Prime Minister of India in 1974. (Image: AFP)

Former Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau with Indira Gandhi in New Delhi on November 29, 1983. (Image: Reuters)

In this picture taken early 1984 shows Indian prime minister Indira Gandhi (R) and her son Rajiv (L) at a Congress Party meeting in New Delhi. (Image: AFP)

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