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Indira Gandhi

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The Resume

    (November 19, 1917-October 31, 1984)
    Prime Minister of India (1966-1977, 1980-1984)

Why she might be annoying:

    India and Pakistan went to war during her reign (1971).
    She was chummy with the Soviet Union at the height of the Cold War.
    Her government sterilized thousands of men against their wills to combat population growth.
    She copied the 'Bride of Frankenstein's' hairdo.
    When scandal threatened to drive her from office, she declared a State of Emergency and threw her political opponents into the slammer (1975).

Why she might not be annoying:

    Her father and son were prime minister, too.
    SCTV's Andrea Martin did a funny impersonation of her.
    A BBC online poll ranked her as 'the greatest woman of the past 1,000 years.'
    Many Indians miss the stability her heavy-handed leadership provided.
    Her leftist politics drove Richard Nixon up the wall.
    She was assassinated by two of her bodyguards (1984).

Credit: JinnFiend


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 12 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 11 Votes: 45.45% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 273 Votes: 43.59% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 15 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 5 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 16 Votes: 31.25% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 36 Votes: 63.89% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 7 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 7 Votes: 42.86% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 22 Votes: 54.55% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 24 Votes: 58.33% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 43 Votes: 39.53% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 73 Votes: 53.42% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 133 Votes: 45.86% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 60 Votes: 51.67% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 60 Votes: 45.00% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 136 Votes: 46.32% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 149 Votes: 51.01% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 251 Votes: 43.43% Annoying
    In 2004, Out of 322 Votes: 48.14% Annoying
    In 2003, Out of 642 Votes: 53.27% Annoying
    In 2002, Out of 1052 Votes: 50.48% Annoying