1. Re-emergence of Gandhi
Elections were held in 1977-she and her party were soundly defeated
She was imprisoned (October 1977 and December 1978) on charges of corruption
1978 Gandhi completed the split from the Congress Party by forming the Congress (I)
The “I” signifying Indira.
Dissension within the ruling Janata Party led to the fall of in August 1979.
New elections for the Lok Sabha were held in January 1980
Gandhi and Congress (I) were swept back into power in a landslide victory.
All legal cases against Indira, as well as against Sanjay, were withdrawn.
She adhered to the quasi-socialist policies of industrial development.
In 1980s Indira Gandhi was faced with threats to the political integrity.
Sikh separatists in Punjab state used violence to assert their demands for an autonomous state.
In 1982 Sikhs, led by Sant Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, occupied and fortified the Harmandir Sahib (Golden Temple) complex at Amritsar.
June 1984 Gandhi ordered the Indian army to attack and oust the separatists from the complex.
Some buildings in the shrine were badly damaged 450 Sikhs were killed
Five months later 31 October 1984 Gandhi was killed in her garden in New Delhi
herself make recommendations of Bharat Ratna and got Bharat Ratna in 1971.