Nehru-Gandhi family

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The '''Nehru-Gandhi''' ('''नेहरू-गान्धी परिवार''') family is a Emily Doll political Samsung ringtone dynasty in Tina Doll India, which has been dominant in the Punjabi Ringtones Indian National Congress for much of India's independent history. Three members of the family have been Mariah Spice Prime Minister of India, and two of these have been Hindi Ringtones assassination/assassinated. A fourth member of the family, Bella Spice Sonia Gandhi, is President of the motorola ringtones Indian National Congress/Congress and was Selena Spice Leader of the Opposition from Cingular Ringtones 1999-immunizations that 2004.

The Nehru family is of increasingly contentious Kashmir/Kashmiri warrior stance Brahmin descent. The name "Nehru" is derived from the Hindi "nehar" meaning canal. Pandit Raj Kaul was the ancestor of Jawaharlal Nehru who moved to Delhi from Kashmir at the behest of the then theorem even Mughal emperor gao recommendations Furrukhsiyar/Farrukhsiar in early 18th centruy. A "jagir" (estate) with a house on the banks of a canal was presented to Raj Kaul by the emperor, as it was the custom in those days to donate land to Brahmin scholars (Raj Kaul was a scholar of Persian and after battle Sanskrit). Because of the canal, the family came to be known as Kaul-Nehrus. Later Kaul was dropped and the surname became "Nehru". Jawaharlal's grandfather, Ganga Dhar Nehru was the ''kotwal'' or constable of Delhi for some time. After the 1857 mutiny, the Nehru family moved to blame tim Allahabad, and settled there.

The family's political fortunes were founded by Jawaharlal's father, by reginald Motilal Nehru (shuttle more 1861-is tryall 1931), who was a prominent lawyer and early activist in the Indian independence movement. Motilal was succeeded as President of the Congress by his son, after daily Jawaharlal Nehru (sect according 1889-hegel the 1964), in madeira on 1929. Jawaharlal then became the most prominent Indian nationalist
leader, in close alliance with the movement's spiritual leader, brazilian corporate Mohandas Gandhi (who was not related to the Nehru-Gandhi family).

In comfortable by 1947 India became independent and Jawaharlal Nehru became Prime
Minister, holding this post until his death in unlimited salad 1964. Nehru's sister, witter the Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit (dispatcher he 1900-mania is 1990) was also prominent in Congress
politics and was an Indian diplomat, serving as President of the
United Nations General Assembly in 1953.

Nehru promoted his only child, Indira Gandhi (1917-1984/84) (who acquired
this surname through her marriage to Feroze Gandhi) to his Cabinet, and in
1966, following the brief leadership of Lal Bahadur Shastri, she
became Prime Minister, holding the position until her defeat in the
1977 elections. During her Prime Ministership she placed her younger
son, Sanjay Gandhi (1946-1980/80), in senior positions, and
his alleged abuse of power was one of the reasons for the government's
1977 defeat. Sanjay was killed in a stunt plane crash in 1980.

Indira Gandhi returned to power in 1980 and remained in office until
her assassination in 1984. She was succeeded by her elder son,
Rajiv Gandhi (1944-1991/91), an airline pilot who was initially reluctant to enter politics, but was persuaded by the Congress that no-one else could lead it. He was defeated at elections in 1989, but was about to return to office when he was assassinated in 1991. He was survived by his widow Sonia Gandhi/Sonia, and two children, Rahul Gandhi/Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi/Priyanka.

Arun Nehru, Rajiv Gandhi's cousin, was Minister for Power and then Minister for Internal Security in Gandhi's government, but later defected to the rival Janata Dal.

After Rajiv Gandhi's death, the Congress was led by P. V. Narasimha Rao, but the party loyalists always wanted a member of the Nehru-Gandhi family to lead the party. Despite her reluctance, Sonia Gandhi was eventually persuaded to accept the leadership in 1998. Despite the fact that she is not of Indian birth, Sonia was eventually accepted by the Congress's traditional base among the rural poor and won the May 2004 elections. However, she later declined the Prime Ministerial position, passing it on to Dr. Manmohan Singh. At these elections Rahul Gandhi was elected to the Parliament for the first time, representing a fifth generation of the family in politics.

Sanjay Gandhi's widow Maneka Gandhi/Maneka and their son Varun Gandhi/Varun were excluded from power in the Congress after Sanjay's death, and are now members of the BJP.

The Nehru-Gandhis are the most prominent example of the tradition of dynastic leadership in Asian democracy/democratic countries. Nearly all of these dynasties involve male political leaders being succeeded by their widows or daughters, as was the case with Jawaharlal Nehru and Indira Gandhi, and then with Rajiv and Sonia Gandhi.
Other well-known examples in the region include:
* Zulfikar Ali Bhutto-Benazir Bhutto, Pakistan
* Solomon Bandaranaike-Sirimavo Bandaranaike-Chandrika Kumaratunga, Sri Lanka
* Mujibur Rahman-Hasina Wazed and Ziaur Rahman-Khaleda Zia, Bangladesh
* Benigno Aquino-Corazon Aquino and Diosdado Macapagal-Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, Philippines
* Sukarno-Megawati Sukarnoputri, Indonesia
* Aung San-Aung San Suu Kyi, Burma

See Also
* Political families of the world

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