Indira Gandhi's 99th birth anniversary: Rare pictures of late the Prime Minister

Born on 19 November, 1917, Gandhi served as Prime Minister from 1966 to 1977 and then again from 1980 until her assassination in 1984.

Indira Gandhi, the first and only woman Prime Minister of India, addresses a gathering during the Emergency Period. | Express Archives 

Indira Gandhi served as the Prime Minister from 1966 to 1977, and then again from 1980 until her assassination in 1984. | Express Archives

Late former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi with Heavyweight boxing legend Muhammad Ali. | Express Archives

Former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi in a deep discussion with Annadurai C N, former TN Chief Minister, at the airport. | Express Archives

PM Indira Gandhi signs autographs for jawans. | Express Archives

Prime Minister Indira Gandhi along with US President Richard M Nixon. | Express Archives

Prime Minister Indira Gandhi shakes hands with Prime Minister of The United Kingdom Harold Wilson. | Express Archives

PM Indira Gandhi and President Sanjeeva Reddy (centre) with Russian President Leonid Brezhnev. | Express Archives

Prime Minister Indira Gandhi shakes hands with Indian cricketers S Venkataraghavan and M A K Pataudi at the Feroz Shah Kotla Grounds. | Express Archives

Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and Indira Gandhi received by Sri Lankan Prime Minister Sirimavo Bandaranaike at the Sri Lankan airport. | Express Archives

J Jayalalithaa, Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, garlanding the former Prime Minister of India, Indira Gandhi. | Express Archives

Prime Minister Indira Gandhi with Bharat Ratna Lata Mangeshkar. | Express Archives

Prime Minister Indira Gandhi in conversation with Chief Minister M Karunanidhi at a function. | Express Archives

Tamil Nadu CM M G Ramachandran bids farewell to PM Indira Gandhi in Chennai Airport on her trip from Tirupati to New Delhi. | Express Archives

Pakistan PM Zulfikar Ali Bhutto with PM Indira Gandhi. | Express Archives