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India: Indira Gandhi (1917-1984), Prime Minister of India for four consecutive terms, 1966-1984.

India: Indira Gandhi (1917-1984), Prime Minister of India for four consecutive terms, 1966-1984.

Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi (19 November 1917 – 31 October 1984) was the Prime Minister of the Republic of India for three consecutive terms from 1966 to 1977 and for a fourth term from 1980 until her assassination in 1984, a total of fifteen years. She is India's only female prime minister to date. She is the world's all time longest serving female Prime Minister.