Indira Gandhi 3rd Prime Minister of India In office 14 January 1980xa0– 31 October 1984 President N. Sanjiva Reddy Zail Singh Preceded by Charan Singh Succeeded by Rajiv Gandhi In office 24 January 1966xa0– 24 March 1977 President Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan Zakir Husain V. V. Giri Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed Deputy Morarji Desai Preceded by Gulzarilal Nanda (Acting) Succeeded by Morarji Desai Minister of External Affairs In office 9 March 1984xa0– 31 October 1984 Preceded by P. V. Narasimha Rao Succeeded by Rajiv Gandhi In office 22 August 1967xa0– 14 March 1969 Preceded by M. C. Chagla Succeeded by Dinesh Singh Minister of Defence In office 14 January 1980xa0– 15 January 1982 Preceded by Chidambaram Subramaniam Succeeded by R. Venkataraman In office 30 November 1975xa0– 20 December 1975 Preceded by Swaran Singh Succeeded by Bansi Lal Minister of Home Affairs In office 27 June 1970xa0– 4 February 1973 Preceded by Yashwantrao Chavan Succeeded by Uma Shankar Dikshit Minister of Finance In office 17 July 1969xa0– 27 June 1970 Preceded by Morarji Desai Succeeded by Yashwantrao Chavan Minister of Information and Broadcasting In office 9 June 1964xa0– 24 January 1966 Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri Preceded by Satya Narayan Sinha Succeeded by Kodardas Kalidas Shah Personal details Born Indira Priyadarshini Nehru (1917-11-19)19 November 1917 Allahabad, United Provinces of Agra and Oudh, British India (present-day Uttar Pradesh, India) Died 31 October 1984(1984-10-31) (agedxa066) New Delhi, India Causexa0ofxa0death Assassination Resting place Shakti Sthal Political party Indian National Congress Spouse(s) Feroze Gandhi (m.xa01942; diedxa01960) Relations See Nehru–Gandhi family Children Rajiv Gandhi Sanjay Gandhi Parents Jawaharlal Nehru (Father) Kamala Nehru (Mother) Alma mater Visva-Bharati University Somerville College, Oxford Occupation Politician Awards Bharat Ratna (1971) Signature