CHILDHOOD AND EARLY LIFE

• Born as Indira Nehru to Jawaharlal Nehru,
  independent India’s first Prime Minister,
  and Kamla Nehru, she was the only child
  of the couple, a younger brother dying
  in infancy.

• Unlike others, her childhood wasn’t a happy
  one, as her father was mostly away from home
  due to his political commitments and her
  mother frequently suffered from bouts of
  illness.                                                                                                                

•  She attained her preliminary education at
   home after which she briefly attended school
   to complete her matriculation. Indira was
   enrolled at the Viswa Bharti University in
   Calcutta but had to leave the same due to
   the ailing health of her mother in Europe.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
  
•  Post the death of her mother, Indira attended the University of Oxford in Britain, where
   she studied history, political science and  economics. However, due to her constant
   ill-health,she returned to India without a degree.