The Indira Gandhi Memorial Museum is
located in New Delhi at 1 Safdarjung Road in the home where she lived.
The house stands in a lovely garden with mature trees and flowering plants.
It contains a collection of photographs documenting her life from her
childhood to her days as prime minister. In addition, a number of rooms
have been dedicated to her son Rajiv Gandhi who was assassinated in May
1991. Her library and living room have been maintained just as she kept
them. These rooms are not open to the public. However,
they can be viewed through the windows from the gardens.
Indira Gandhi governed India for almost two decades until she was assassinated
by her own Sikh bodyguards on October 31, 1984 as she strolled in her
garden. Pictured here is the path where she was assassinated; now a memorial.
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