NEW YORK: Former prime minister Indira Gandhi and freedom fighter Amrit Kaur have been named by the TIME magazine among world’s 100 powerful women who defined the last century in a new project that “spotlights influential women who were often overshadowed.”
TIME named Kaur as ‘Women of the Year’ for 1947 and Gandhi for 1976 in special covers recreated by the publication.
The profile in TIME said that in 1976, Gandhi, “‘Empress of India’ had become India’s great authoritarian.”
Daughter of India’s first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, Gandhi was “as ruthless as she was charismatic,” the profile said, adding that by 1975, as a result of economic instability, Gandhi’s Government was “swamped by an avalanche of street protests, and after her election was deemed invalid, she declared an emergency.” (AGENCIES)
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