The origins of the fragile relationship between Jawaharlal Nehru's sister, Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit, and her niece, Indira Gandhi, which ended with the aunt becoming one of the fiercest critics of the Emergency (1975-77), has been a mystery for .
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Rajiv Gandhi was born into one of India s most prominent political families. He became the third generation of his family to become Prime Minister of India, after his maternal grandfather Pandit.
Gianiji had crafted his moves with the meticulous planning of a chess grandmaster.
He did not know whether a checkmate was feasible, as his time was running out, but he wanted Rajiv Gandhi to smell the fear of loss.
A fascinating excerpt from K C Singh s The Indian President: An Insider s Account of the Zail Singh Years.