Indira Gandhi: Feroze Gandhi

Indira Gandhi: Feroze Gandhi

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Indira Gandhi's second son was not from Feroze Gandhi (Khan). He is believed to be the son of Mohammed Yunus. When Sanjay and Menaka were to be married, there were rumours in Delhi political circles that Mohammed Yunus was against this match, because he wished that Sanjay marry a Muslim girl of his choice. When Sanjay Gandhi died in a plane crash, Mohammed Yunus wept the most.

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hindujagruti.org

Indira Gandhi attended Santiniketan University and Somerville College, Oxford University, in England. She married Feroze Gandhi (no relation to Mahatma Gandhi) in March 1942. Shortly thereafter they were both imprisoned for a period of 13 months for their part in the nationalist political agitation against British rule. Feroze Gandhi was a lawyer and newspaper executive and became an independent member of Parliament. He died in 1960. They had two sons, Rajiv and Sanjay.

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Shortly after her mother's death in 1936, Indira enrolled at Santiniketan University and Somerville College, Oxford University, in England. She married Feroze Gandhi (... no relation to Mohandas Gandhi) in March 1942, despite both family's objections, as the two were not part of the same social status or religions—he was a descendent of Iranian immigrants; she was Hindu. Feroze Gandhi became a lawyer and newspaper executive as well as an independent member of Parliament. Shortly after their marriage, they were both imprisoned for a period of thirteen months for their part in the nationalist political demonstrations against British rule. During her imprisonment Indira taught reading and writing to prisoners. Feroze Gandhi died in 1960.

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notablebiographies.com

Gandhi may have seen traits of Feroze in Sanjay and was ever-anxious to please him, as she perceived that Sanjay blamed her for his father's death. While Rajiv developed as an independent young man free from politics, Sanjay's reckless youth induced a need in his mother to take care of her son under all circumstances. The outcome was a political partnership that eventually resulted in abrogation of democracy, corruption and abuse of power on a previously unwitnessed scale. Rajiv Gandhi is believed to have said that he would never forgive his brother for what he had done to their mother at a time when she was isolated, depressed and humiliated after her defeat in the 1977 elections.

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en.allexperts.com

In 1938, Indira finally joined the Indian National Congress Party, something she always longed to do. Soon afterwards in 1942, she married journalist Feroze Gandhi to whom she eventually bore two sons. Soon after the couple was married, they were sent to prison on charges of subversion by the British. Her first and only imprisonment lasted from September 11, 1942 until May 13, 1943 at the Naini Central Jail in Allahabad.

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departments.kings.edu

At the height of the tension, Gandhi and her husband separated. However, in 1958, shortly after re-election, Feroze suffered a heart attack, which dramatically healed their broken marriage. At his side to help him recuperate in Kashmir, their family grew closer. But Feroze died on September 8, 1960, while Gandhi was abroad with Nehru on a foreign visit.

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nationmaster.com

Her marriage to Feroze Gandhi on March 26, 1942 does not seem to have been a happy one. Feroze Gandhi, who was considered an able parliamentarian, died in 1960. The marriage resulted in two sons - Rajiv Gandhi and Sanjay Gandhi.

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searchindia.com

Feroze Khan married Indira in a Masjid in London. Well-known English newspapers publicized this event. When the couple returned to India, it was arranged to get a photograph of the couple married in Vedic style for publishing in India. Later all these photographs were exhibited in 'Anandbhavan'.