Indira Gandhi: Leading India for Fifteen Years

[@edwardsnowden2313]

Just a correction: it was not just a brutal counter insurgency operation from pakistan, it was a GENOCIDE.

[@edwardsnowden2313]

@ADVITY COMRADE lol learn to type dude, i can't understand a word you said.

[@zulfiqarhashim1376]

No you cannot carry out a genocide with so few military personal, Simon here is correct

[@itatube7594]

@Dominic we indians know what happened. You drink mother's milk.

[@itatube7594]

@Marechal Zolotoy you drink tmyour mothers milk

[@potatonugget5629]

@@zulfiqarhashim1376 That's not how genocides work. It doesn't matter how much military personnel you use, what matters is how many people you kill and Pakistan killed and raped millions. Also, Pakistan used its entire military force, it wasn't a small amount of military personnel.

[@SujoyBanerjee1907]

The best thing she did- Bangladesh liberation. The worst- Emergency

[@Edgymemer]

Anmol Singh both.

[@friendlyatheist387]

@@AnmolSingh-gt3lu she died before sikh were attacked by congressi

[@andrewsutherland133]

I mean she literally ordered an attack on Sikhs in their most holy area. Whether or not she deserved to die afterwards is a matter of opinion, but that's way worse than the emergency

[@milindaratnasuriya]

VERY TRUE SUJAY !!!

[@yashwanth5179]

Do u justify carrying guns in religious place ??

[@darkodjokic4432]

Indira Ghandi was very liked in what was known once as Yugoslavia. I still remember vividly that state run TV Belgrade emitted live Indira's burial, which was actually spreading her ashes over Himalayas.

[@Raw_naq]

Love from India

[@stephenbutterfield5986]

I saw her cremation on tv

[@aloshyreji4313]

Tito was liked in India too...we are practically like the Balkans.. except that our states get along

[@LjuboCupic1912]

@@aloshyreji4313 “except that our states get along” I don’t know about that, chief

[@bhutochakrabarti4173]

@@aloshyreji4313 Well the direction the current government is going, I dont think so the future is far when we will have our own version of Yugoslav wars.

[@timstadlmueller58]

Simon has taught me more history than the US education system ever has. Stay curious friends.

[@timstadlmueller58]

@Henryk Gödel agreed. Education is sought after, we should strive to exceed the states minimum requirements.

[@tiffinyharrington9307]

Right on

[@LilDroidBlue]

I agree with the both of you. History class in particular tends to be a very glossed over, 'Reader's Digest version'. I've learned more through sheer curiosity over a subject then I ever did from being required to from a class.

[@aaronpascoe3421]

He only ever does the mainstream media stuff which is mostly bullocks and there was a lot more behind it don’t be fooled by his 20 minute search and other screen he’s reading off of

[@Machtyn]

Why would the US education system worry about teaching Indian history?

[@udayrathod3786]

I never thought I would see an Indian here on this channel. Wow you that was quite a surprise.

[@rupeshtashildar]

You kidding me

[@udayrathod3786]

@Ionasku Alexander oh nice

[@ramanchaturvedi2837]

@Ionasku Alexander The father of our Nation🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳 All us Indians are very proud of him and the fact that his principles of Truth and Non Violence continue to inspire many world leaders as Obama and Nelson Mandela Jai Hind 🇮🇳

[@4everforgotten]

Zedd Z Mahathma Gandhi took credit for things he never did and left and hid in India

[@perspii2808]

I dislike the way in which Mahatma has been glorified by some Indian people.

[@m24213]

The violence against Sikhs was not by ordinary people, but by the workers of Congress party. Normal people saved as many Sikhs are they can.

[@temperuncentered1753]

that is a blatant lie you fool. sajjan singh was the architect of the pogroms and many people killed sikhs in delhi. amitabh bachan gave a blatant hate speech

[@nucleargandhi101]

@@temperuncentered1753 All congressis were doing this. We normal people hated it but we were powerless.

[@jasrandhawa4794]

same normal people gave congress niggest ever win

[@wethepeople1680]

Richard Nixon used to call her "that woman" or "that witch" among his coterie like Kissinger.

[@michaelb1761]

He was being too kind

[@samgemsgems7571]

Nixon is a stupid guy.he must use his energy to win India and support India than china,which is a democracy.what happened today,with Nixon's help China became second largest economy and pointed nuclear missiles against America.nixons stupid actions results are now "enjoying" Americans and world with fear.

[@jazsm5385]

He was a [EXPLETIVE DELETED] anyway, so yeah...... PS: I don't support Indira Gandhi either, she was no less

[@shinchannohara2924]

Nope, Nixon called her a bitch. Later Indira had her revenge on Nixon by fukking all his intents to help pak army in Dhaka.

[@daniyalqureshi2690]

Aww did a strong Indian lady hurt a wittle white boy's ego

[@patrickkelmer6290]

Indira is one of the many examples of politicians that start out well intentioned but in the end lose touch with the people.

[@indrason6974]

I doubt that many believe she was the one who killed Lal Bahadur Shastri by poison to take the pm position

[@mskclasses8496]

@@indrason6974 😂😂😂

[@yashwanth5179]

@@indrason6974 that’s propaganda bro !

[@ravikanth33]

You are wrong, it can be attributed to Rajiv but not indira. Indira is one of the most powerful PM of India even now.

[@arifahmedkhan9999]

No she was quite very well in touch. She was assassinated, by an extremist group. How are the people to blame for it?

[@HS-ee8tb]

Would you do a video on Kemal Ataturk? He had done some really good reforms in Turkey as Indira Gandhi had in India.

[@ivanl5158]

And dont forget the genocide!

[@kostikoskela375]

@@ivanl5158 that was the ottomans not turkey.

[@armandeepsingh7489]

@@kostikoskela375 no, that genocide applies to india. (Plus Turkey doesn't recognize the Armenian genocide so that doesn't help their case)

[@harisahmed8009]

Kosti Koskela that was the Young turks

[@BloodRider1914]

@@harisahmed8009 He did however expel the remaining Armenians, as well as facilitated the mass exodus of Greeks from Turkey. A leader with a mixed legacy, to say the least.

[@rycrokosm]

21:54 It is actually the Janata Party which was formed on 1977 . The Janata Dal was another Non Congress coalition party formed in 1988 by VP Singh . The two are separate entities and contested in elections by announcing candidates against each other . The Janata Dal fell way shorter in 1999 and the Janata Party in 2013 . The Symbol you showed is also of the Janata Dal's

[@ignitionfrn2223]

1:25 - Chapter 1 - Setting a good example 4:35 - Chapter 2 - Mrs & Mr Gandhi 8:10 - Chapter 3 - First steps on the political scene 10:15 - Chapter 4 - Taking center stage 12:45 - Mid roll ads 13:50 - Chapter 5 - From strength to strength 19:10 - Chapter 6 - State of emergency 22:05 - Chapter 7 - Blue star 27:30 - Chapter 8 - Legacy

[@brainsndbrawn]

Dude it's crazy , you've over 100 comments on this channel!! It's commendable really, you must've learned a lot!❤

[@jenniferahough4983]

Now I feel old as I remember watching her funeral on a Saturday morning whilst working in a boarding house.

[@xfactor3000]

I remember that too as a wee lad. Good times they were.

[@daddydeadpool9871]

@@xfactor3000 her funeral you mean?

[@ramanchaturvedi2837]

@@xfactor3000 He is a troll....don't believe him...the whole country cried that day ...it was a horrible day for all of us Indians. And then the country made her son Rajiv Gandhi the Prime Minister of the country with the highest mandate ever🇮🇳

[@kaisersingh5827]

Zedd Z it was a great day, and is celebrated all across the world

[@venti5722]

@@ramanchaturvedi2837 She was the shittiest thing to exist, it was the a day of celebration when she died

[@syedtanzilahmed4511]

It's great that you are finally talking about leaders from South Asia! You should cover Sheikh Mujibur Rahman next! He was the leader of the revolution in 1971 that led to the creation of the country we know as Bangladesh today.

[@wethepeople1680]

Oh Yes.. Sheik Mujibur...jus fyi he spent most of his life in prisons..no other Indian revolutionary comes close to him

[@AbhishekKumar-yc3bt]

@@wethepeople1680 you know nothing. Don't spread your madarsha knowledge.

[@joshimdhishim309]

@@wethepeople1680 he was as bad as indira.

[@YTWanderer]

07:59 "of course you`re not made of wood" depends on the time of the day

[@TeeteringTod]

I sexually identify as feels and ur comment give me the angries. You is now canceled and deplatformed!!!!!

[@hedgehog1965uk]

It also depends if you are a witch or not. Who will be first to name that reference? :)

[@Dr.RichardBanks]

Agreed YT

[@AvoidTheCadaver]

That point in the day when one imitates a tripod

[@CptMoroni35]

Wow, Blue Star was handled as badly as the Feds raiding of the Branch Davidian complex in Waco, TX......

[@currypablo]

Completely unnecessary.

[@devkhaira1306]

Yeah operation blue Star was one of the worst attacks on Sikhs in history. And we've had it pretty bad

[@stephanedorion992]

Not enough...

[@devkhaira1306]

@@stephanedorion992 why do you feel that way?

[@vexaris1890]

@@devkhaira1306 And the Guru was burning in the fire for the sake of the burning world.

[@devkhaira1306]

@@vexaris1890 what happened to Sri Guru Arjan Dev Ji was so sad

[@anmolkhosla2551]

What happened to the 2 sahibzadas of guru gobind singh ji was pretty bad too

[@rjrastapopoulos1595]

27:53 Rajiv Gandhi didn't remain in power for 7 years. His tenure was from 1984 to 1989. He was assassinated in 1991 during an electoral campaign.

[@musharrafaamir6861]

Small correction at 21:54 The party that came to power after defeating Indira Gandhi after the emergency in 1977 wasn't Janata Dal but Janata Party. As you mentioned, Janata Dal was just another party among many others in the coalition know as Janata Party. Fun Fact for those who don't know - Jan Sangh was another small party in the larger Janta party which broke away from the latter in 1980 and renamed itself the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). The current PM Narendra Modi is from this party which now dominates India's Politics.

[@kotaniyumiko]

I love this! More South Asian women please, do Benazir Bhutto next!

[@gurvirpannu2280]

Just because we are in the south Asia topic can you do a biograph on the last king of India Maharaja Ranjit Singh who ruled both Pakistan Punjab and Indian Punjab and other territories. I will really appreciate it thank you.

[@KidZoom]

This was released late night/early morning India time. So, the comments section is about to become an argument forum between Modi fans and Modi haters in a few hours. Btw "bhaiyyon is gore ko educate karne se pehle sirf yaad rakhna ki ye general audience ke liye hain. To koi apko India ki history nahi sikha raha hain. Apne khud video click kiya hain." Edit: He mentioned Sagarika Ghose. If there was any doubt about what will happen to the comments, that clinched it.

[@sandhyashetty6770]

Exactly!

[@anujkhanna2428]

Congrats you were the first one to start this bulshit and btw not every modi supporter hates Indira Gandhi and nor every Modi hater may love her because in reality both were very similar in many aspects,both believed in importance of Diplomatic ties both believed in inportance of India's soft power,both believed in taking unpopular decisions which were required.

[@anujkhanna2428]

@@sandhyashetty6770 congrats for being the second idiot.

[@sandhyashetty6770]

Anuj Khanna did you realise you jumped on this bandwagon as well? I agreed with him because i knew someone will take offence of anything written against or for the subject of this video! I knew someone will take these things personally and make statement like you did.. so congratulations on being the first idiot! FYI: I watched this video purely because it’s Simon, I love all his channel and videos.

[@anujkhanna2428]

@@sandhyashetty6770 Say whatever you wish but jumped into it before me sweetheart,so i cant be the first one logically but as of now logic is in a short supply and secondly i took offence at what that idiot commented and not on the content of the video,because i am capable enough to understand that shades of grey exist and hence everything is not black and white like good or evil and to be honest I support Narendra Modi and Indira Gandhi because i believe that a leader has to take tough actions that can be morally wrong but are required for the greater good and both of these leaders in"my opinion" did that.

[@kknives36]

Emilio Aguinaldo: The Revolutionary betrayed. The number of times Aguinaldo fought for the rights and Independence of his country is actually a sad story and its one that just ends with him being obscure and sort of hated even in his own nation.

[@Love.Cook_Sanji]

kknives what is the relevancy of emilio aguinaldo to the story of indira gandhi or her life in office?

[@kknives36]

Talk about revolution? It’s on these individual Biographics that we can suggest a future episode. Typically they like us to give a few reasons why. I thought Emilio Aguinaldo would be a good one while we are on the topic of Anti-Colonial Revolutionaries.

[@Love.Cook_Sanji]

@@kknives36 gotchya !

[@ashadow4313]

Well he wasn't betrayed as much as he was a betrayer. He had Andres Bonifacio and his brother, as well as General Luna killed. And these are the most famous examples. Who knows who else he had killed. Also he isn't hate in the nation as much as people would think. We have a military base named after him after all.

[@mikiusmann]

I have to say that Simon is amazing, to stay so consistent for so long is just remarkable, I can't imagine how tedious it must get to recite these scripts but he always does so in such an engaging and informative way, kudos to you Mr. Whistler, keep up the strong work!

[@aaronmarks9366]

Simon, can you do a biography on any of the great Native American leaders in US history, especially Tecumseh, Sequoyah, Osceola, Geronimo, or Crazy Horse?

[@The_king567]

Nope

[@semi-trad-kind-of-wife]

A remarkable woman, but one who seems to have lost her way at some point. It seems the corrupting influence if power reaches everyone in the end.

[@munimanjunath]

No she never lost she is the greatest leader after Mahatma Gandhi. It simply she lived in a challenging era

[@awesomed007]

No human action can please everyone.... we simply don't understand the times then and the immense greed for power from various factions. She died for her country just like mahatma Gandhi!!! She is the first woman world leader of note!! She is responsible for ridding poverty and famine and giving india nuclear protection at a time when that took vision, courage and determination. WHAT HAS mODI DONE, NOTHING MUCH!! jUST MARKETING HIMSELF and taking credit of past leaders. India is shakti and Shakti took form in the likes of Indira Gandhi. God bless her

[@siddhantsrivastava3764]

As a Indian this is most balanced biography of our late Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. Explaining negative as well as positive aspect of the person

[@no-smoking]

Lol it's far from neutral, he forgets to mention the Pakistani Genocide instead uses words like counter insurgency and forgets to mention how Indira Gandhi claimed she had to impose emergency because of external interfernces CIA, like Anglo Saxons could see a country other then theirs to succeed. He never presents her side. I can go on the nuances that he never touches, it's more of an overview. Go read Ramchandra Guah or some other historian to get full picture, a youtube video is too short for that.

[@bonapetits]

@@no-smoking **bangladeshi and bengali genocide

[@shubhamtripathi3362]

There was no genocide

[@Ramiobomb]

Just for the 12:51 scene and mentioning females leaders, I'll request Golda Meir biography, please.

[@ARIXANDRE]

Wow! I thought she was related to Mahatma! Today I found out, I guess.

[@ackbarfan5556]

Same.

[@mikeddh2018]

Gandhi is a common surname in India. Kinda like Smith or Jones in the U.S.

[@hedgehog1965uk]

Yes, most people assume that. I did, until I read up a bit on Indian history after seeing Richard Attenborough's film "Gandhi".

[@parthchoudhary5534]

If you were indian like me than everyone would call you a idiot

[@VivekRajendran]

No sir she's not related to Gandhi

[@borntowild480]

Hello Biograpics Can you make a video on "Lal Bahadur Shastri"& " Sam Manekshaw "

[@summnb]

Been watching these videos for well over a year and a half and they never get old!

[@ashishgohil_]

As soon as she does the country on emergency that starts her downfall it's a good study on how power corrupts people.

[@yashwanth5179]

It’s not power bro ! It’s a revenge game played by CIA and ISI ! She Declared emergency or internal matter reason ! Emergency is different than martial law ! At the that time world was divided in capitalist and socialist ! there very many pro capitalist who were leaking intel to usa ! Reasearch your self how moraj desai helped Pakistan to become nuclear state !

[@adhisha04]

Simon, can you make a video about Sirimavo Bandaranaike? As you mentioned She was the world's first female Prime Minister, and she was a close political friend of Indira.

[@proudindian762]

I admire her a lot.

[@NisarKhan-jm1uh]

I would like a biographics episode of benazir bhutto. I admire her a lot

[@proudindian762]

@@NisarKhan-jm1uh Me too, regardless of India Pak Rivalry, I respect her for her sheer hard work to get to the position of Prime Minister.

[@NisarKhan-jm1uh]

@@proudindian762 I also admire sirimavo bandaranaike quite alot too.

[@0ld_Scratch]

she was a human, you know who else was a human? that's right! William T. Sherman, you should make a video about him!

[@yohannbiimu]

I disagree...

[@luxembourgishempire2826]

*China wants to know your location*

[@ramanchaturvedi2837]

Indira Gandhi was the Iron lady of India and was called "Durga" (the goddess of Strength) by the opposition leader Atal Bihari Vajpayee. She not only brought the Green Revolution in India making India absolutely self reliant in terms of agriculture products and food grains ..she also lead India to an absolutely stunning vistory in the Indo-Pak war dividing Pak into two pieces and snatching their one half and transforming it into Bangladesh giving India a safe neighborhood forever. Many ppl especially Modi BHAKTS try to tarnish her image but the truth is Indians loved her immensely and that is why even after emergency she was reflected in 1980 and after her death ppl voted for her son to become the PM of the country giving him the biggest mandate (444 seats out of 545) till date. Jai Hind 🇮

[@ajmala9250]

@@ramanchaturvedi2837 and on the other side she's responsible for the death of many during the emergency, she always posed a threat to democracy and she went to the extent of changing constitution so much to fit her whims, she was practically a dictator in many aspects. It's okay to feel appreciative of her, But you should understand the cost of her rule as well.

[@EdgyMemer_]

@@ramanchaturvedi2837 Here we have another Blind hater.Why bring in Modi to this?

[@RupayanLL.M.]

The picture you have put in front is nowhere so rosy in reality. As an Indian let me assure you that "Power", "Corruption" & "Greed" has always remained the protagonists for INC & as for Mrs Gandhi, it's no exception.

[@ramanchaturvedi2837]

Shut up you lier...stop tarnishing my country and my Prime Minister's image

[@Raw_naq]

NAZI SANGHI BHAKT SPOTTED

[@gupygill1]

Hi, you forgot to mention here deals with England, and how they were involved with the attack on the golden temple, Theresa May apologies for it.

[@mahendrakumarsai1178]

oh dear, it still pains me whenever I find mention of this Golden Temple Tragedy from Sardars. I think it was necessary but there is no doubt that the sentiments were hurt. Love to all sardars.

[@Indian2.5]

mahendra kumar sai yup Bhai...And the Anti Sikh Riots lead by Congress Party was even worse...Congress just want their profit, and they can even break the country for their Bloody Dirty Politics...

[@Surkhaabm]

@@mahendrakumarsai1178 How is bombing a place of worship necessary? You guys cry over Babri masjid/ram mandir, but when it happens to other people it's apparently necessary??

[@jordanmcg3889]

@Sunny Choudhary Where did you hear that form

[@gamexsimmonds3581]

I love these videos, I need one on Terry Fox though, the man with Cancer who ran across Canada spreading awareness

[@PozoBlue]

Holy bleep! I had always seen her name in the lists of famous female figures but knew very little about her. How are we not taught more in school about such giants of history? Wonderfully informative and detailed video!!👏

[@xfactor3000]

Forced sterilization on her own people. Laundry list of corruption scandals. A very shady person in my opinion and from what I came across from my research over the years.

[@PozoBlue]

@@xfactor3000 I didn't say she was a role model. She was a huge political figure and thus should be studied, like we study a bunch of other leaders who also committed great atrocities and great accomplishments.

[@Prab-iu6mr]

shes highly women empowering too. Indra Gandhi was a great businesswoman. there's a lot you can learn from her. especially when it comes to selling India to KGB/Russia. She had a great multi-million profitable business. She was also really ahead of her time by selling a subscription based product and also making it affordable too. For example, back then you could rent the whole of India for just 5Million rupees a month.

[@Dont_Tread_on_Me448]

@@Prab-iu6mr you had me in the first half lmao , she was indeed a very great businesswoman , had all the defining characteristics of most businesspeople (not all) , the selfishness , the greed , the egotistical power trip

[@GamerInVoid]

Thanks man. Finally a video on Indian historical figures. Thanks !

[@heathjones7002]

Simon is so good, he could do a biography on me and make me seem important to history.

[@seby826]

yes especially if he talked about that one time you couldn't decide what breakfast you wanted 😄

[@chelsealev]

My Grandfather Was Jailed during emergency just because he was a member of a opposition party,Lots of things happened at that time My father and his siblings only know how the hell they lived back then I could Never Forgive Indira Gandhi for this🙂 Only the people who suffered know how was it back then Btw You should do one on Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose,A great Indian Freedom Fighter

[@pinheadlarry1977]

You shouldn't honor fascists like Chandra Bose

[@bhaskar2508]

@@pinheadlarry1977, you don't even write his full name and you call him fascist... Funny

[@bhaskar2508]

@@pinheadlarry1977 He is ONE OF OUR HEROES.

[@EdgyMemer_]

@@pinheadlarry1977 stfu m8

[@pinheadlarry1977]

@@bhaskar2508 he was a fascist who supported Hitler, nothing heroic about him

[@deepanshusingh7121]

Truth about her as a Prime minister of India for 16 years. Her in contribution of making India 1. Her most important contribution was breaking the backbone of Pakistan by seperating them Bangladesh 2. She nationalised banks by bringing amendment in the constitution when 85% of India's deposits were in hands of private. 3. She is the most successful Prime minister in terms of providing electricity in villages. She has the record of supplyig electricity to 18000 villages in an year which is highest by any prime minister. 4. She abolish the royalty given to prince of India in different states as it was described in Indian independence act. 5. She send an army in 1967, where India won from China but it was small war which Indian media never shows and display on any platform. 6. She maintained very strong relationship with Russia and with her strategy of maintaining relationships with Russia, they still supplying equipped weapons to India. 7. She ordered to improve and import the modern fertilizer and pesticides which help in agriculture industry and also helped in industrial sector of India.

[@andialternative]

I just wanna say thank you to whoever does the captions! You're doing great work

[@terencehill2320]

I got a request for you, Bud Dwyer. That guy was quite something else and really shook the minds of young kids like myself in Central PA on a fateful day in January 1987.

[@andrewince8824]

Quite easily the most tactical suicide ever. Since he still technically hadn't been removed from his position, his family got $2 million because he died in office. That's equivalent to $4,783,380 today.

[@wieldwords]

I appreciate the FBI guys watching my internet connection passing on one of the pages I opened during one of my recent Wikipedia spirals to Simon and the team. I always enjoy their fantastic presentations. Hopefully they also included my searches on Henry Kissinger, Sir John Cheke and Arsinoe for videos at a later time. ETA: A+ work naming the first two female heads of state. Two more ladies to learn more about.

[@bearnunnemaker5453]

Heck if they watch mine they'll find gay porn!!! 🏳️‍🌈🐻🏳️‍🌈🐻🏳️‍🌈🐻🏳️‍🌈🐻🏳️‍🌈🐻🏳️‍🌈🐻

[@stephjovi]

True they'd make great biographics

[@fvckyoutubescensorshipandt2718]

Why I use multiple 256-bit encrypted VPNs layered on top of each other and a TOR browser, by the time they can read it and find anything of note it's ancient 6mo old news and I've long-since left that physical location. A page taken from ISIS and their recruiting websites' playbook.

[@treborironwolfe978]

Big Brother is always watching.. and taking notes.

[@evilubuntu9001]

@@bearnunnemaker5453 My browser history is full of searches for hairy asses and tattooed bears!

[@shinchannohara2924]

When we look back to history, we must never look it with anyone's spectacle.

[@CosmosBFN]

But I like her *dare* to do things part. She took bold steps in liberation of Bangladesh.

[@mrsingh3736]

After her death, Her Congress Party committed a Genocide against Sikhs in Punjab. She was shot by her own bodyguards for a reason.

[@jt7891]

She was killed for a reason. What was that reason? If you are on the other side, with this mindset, you would say the Sikhs were killed for a reason. She was brave enough to keep to traitors as her body guards who showed their true colours.. That shows her intentions. Ps: an Air India plane with 330 passengers on board was bombed in the mid air by the Sikh terrorists was for a reason, right?

[@akhandbharatiya2493]

@@jt7891 do u know that bindrewala rose to power and also khalistan because of Indira Gandhi's own political interest.

[@armandeepsingh7489]

@@jt7891 PS: You've been commenting all over this video in support of Ghandi. It doesn't seem like you'll change your mind. Since you're gonna use the whataboutism argurment, you conveniently forget that she ordered the attack one of the most holy days in the Sikh religion, knowing that many more Sikhs would be in the temple. You also forget the cruelty with which Sikh men were burned alive with car tires placed around their necks by hindu men. Sikh children were forced to cut their hair to avoid being attacked by hindus. And for what, for killing 1 woman, the woman who purposfully tried killing as many Sikhs as possible, hindus decided to follow in the woman's footsteps. Even now there are militant hindu groups who are willing to kill those muslims who kill cows for farming, all because someone thousands of years ago (or possibly someone who never even existed) decided that a cow of all animals is holy The plane attack is a stain on SIkhs, but a stain barely noticeable when compared to the seas of blood hindus/muslims/Christians have shed in the name of their respective religions

[@jasonjones63]

Not in Punjab but mainly in Delhi...those bastards who instructed her Sikh bodygaurds to assassinate her didn't care about our Sikh brother living outside Punjab who suffered the most.

[@svenerikmoeller8809]

J T Sorry dude but when she was elected she promised Sikh’s representation just as she promised her own religious group Hindus. She in essence kept on fobbing them off and pandered to her own people. Now correct me if I am wrong, Sikhs were always her bodyguards and don’t you think if someone killed your people ( men women and children)on the most holiest of sites on their holiest days that you would feel murderous? Personally to hire people that you have grievously injured to protect you from harm sounds truly imbecilic!

[@maverickspencer5581]

The 1971 war between india and pakistan is the 2nd shortest war in history. It lasted for 13 days. It is the first time in post modern history a war lead to the making of a democratic country. This war was also a war the U.S.S.R was proud of.

[@warwickeng5491]

I don't really care too much about Indian history but god damn, that was one hell of a ride

[@sontubanerjee9949]

No one cares for your view.😏

[@elfdhckr4818]

Make a video on "Sheikh Mujibur Rahman"

[@royemeitav9783]

Can you guys do Elizabeth I at some point? : )

[@Shiasmommy]

I love your KZbin channel I have a deep love for history I can’t have enough! Thank you!

[@simongleaden2864]

7:43 They didn't refute the allegations, they denied them. To refute something is to disprove it by logical reasoning.

[@thiskarthik]

Excellent Video. Very informative. This is just a glimpse of how complex Indian politics is.

[@Wardner213]

Could you please do a bio on Ip Man? Thank you :)

[@devarsinegi3217]

Very Nicely and aptly done Mr.Whistler. She is/Was a very controversial character with lots of shades of life, and able to pull off all aspect of her life without offending any of the constituents, is humongous task, and you did it excellently. Kudos and many thanks. I am huge fan of yours and watch all of the stuff in bio, most in yours(stuff) in other two channels. Thanks for spreading the knowledge. Your efforts helps person like me to know so many things without getting in to pains of reading the full book/s.

[@TejasNaik01]

Thank you Simon for bringing this video to the viewers. Before her childbirth upto her death. Accurate and facts were presented well, covering both the good and the bad things done.

[@richardheller8481]

Really enjoy these videos and watch them when I do cardio at the gym and at home with my son. Too bad Americans aren’t taught history anymore or if they are it’s politicized .

[@storm7792]

Nobody has ever been taught history, anywhere ever

[@ranjitrajandr]

Mr. Whistler, Thanks for your most interesting and educative series of video biographies. May I point out a couple of factual errors in this video on Mrs Indira Gandhi? 1. The party which defeated her in the 1977 elections was the Janata Party and not the Janata Dal. The Janata Party disintegrated after Indira Gandhi rode back to power in 1980. 2. Rajiv Gandhi stayed in power only for 5 years from 1984 to 1989 and not 7 years as mentioned in your video. In his case, he was defeated in the 1989 elections by, this time, the Janata Dal, which was a different party from the erstwhile Janata Party of the 70s. When Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated in 1991, he was in the Opposition. Thanks, again, for a most interesting series of videos

[@MikePlaysYeet]

Story of Freddie Mercury plz

[@thecountesswithpowers]

I really enjoy your videos! they get me thru my work days! thanks for all the fascinating topics and research!♡

[@Esth.1]

I need to write about Indira Ghandi's positive impact on (female) education, this puts her much more into perspective than my learning sources have done, who left out all negative aspects of her life story to focus on her view on education. Thank you!

[@sahibbhadal]

Oh no one cares

[@Esth.1]

@@sahibbhadal then why comment lmao, so pressed about a 3 month old random comment 😂😂

[@Dont_Tread_on_Me448]

Of all the topics and great personalities you could've chosen from , may I ask as to why you chose this corrupt wannabe autocrat ?? No offense , I'm just curious

[@serious_capricorn6081]

One thing you missed When Dr Baba Saheb Ambedkar wrote India's constitution he mentioned "We are the people of Sovereign Democratic Republic of India " Note my word no Socialist word included but after Indira Gandhi become Prime Minister India's constitution included the word socialist and we are still using it "We are the people of Sovereign Socialist Democratic Republic of India"

[@lookintoit4537]

I'd love to see that word get dropped.

[@EdgyMemer_]

Yeah and replace Democratic with nationalist

[@no-smoking]

@@EdgyMemer_ and who is going to decide who is nationalist, Modiji?

[@EdgyMemer_]

@@no-smoking bruh this was 7 months ago.Anyways I don't know

[@manishkadel566]

Yeah, boycott English goods but study in Britain lol

[@xfactor3000]

hahaha!

[@bearnunnemaker5453]

That's like all the countries who hate the US but send their kids to college here!!

[@subhadeepbanerjee9191]

Loot half of the world for centuries and reduce them to ashes while building up your own wealth back home, then cry about immigration and laugh at the terrible conditions of those countries. The Great imperialist Britain.

[@daddydeadpool9871]

@@subhadeepbanerjee9191 Agreed totally, it disgusts me that some of the commenters actually believe the hot garbage that they spew .

[@ramanchaturvedi2837]

@@xfactor3000 u troll ...India needed educated ppl to beat the British at their own game....not some uneducated Chaiwala

[@therandomnation9445]

Do a video on why/ for what reason people started wearing suspenders. And then finish it with why belts became the more popular option

[@udayrathod3786]

Some point you missed Firoz surname was not Gandhi, Gandhi adopted him so Nehru's image wouldn't take a hit. His party people killed many sikhs in riot that broke out after her assassination. USA sent their ships to Indian ocean to attack India and had to go back because Indira asked USSR for help and they surfaced their recon submarine so USA can see their presence in the region and their support to India. That was another time we got very close to World war 3, why its always the Russian submarine and US fleet lol. Maharajas dint have power, but they had influence, they got pension and on that influence they won the Elections in many places against her and that became quite threatening to her as this could become reality around India very soon so during emergency she took mist of their land and pensions away and looted their palace, she literally robbed them in day light. Also the other Prime minister you mentioned Lal Bahadur Shahri died in Tashkent, former USSR just after signing the peace agreement and his death is also a very big cover up and another Dark part of Indian Democracy.

[@sumanchatterjee6591]

They ignored this facts

[@ramanchaturvedi2837]

Indira Gandhi was the Iron lady of India and was called "Durga" (the goddess of Strength) by the opposition leader Atal Bihari Vajpayee. She not only brought the Green Revolution in India making India absolutely self reliant in terms of agriculture products and food grains ..she also lead India to an absolutely stunning vistory in the Indo-Pak war dividing Pak into two pieces and snatching their one half and transforming it into Bangladesh giving India a safe neighborhood forever. Many ppl especially Modi BHAKTS try to tarnish her image but the truth is Indians loved her immensely and that is why even after emergency she was reflected in 1980 and after her death ppl voted for her son to become the PM of the country giving him the biggest mandate (444 seats out of 545) till date. Jai Hind 🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳

[@virusinuttara]

His name is feroz gandhy... a parsi like tata and bajaj's etc

[@wethepeople1680]

@@virusinuttara Firoz Ghandy

[@wethepeople1680]

Atal Bihari Vajpayee was a snake ...he incited animosity between religions.

[@katemaloney4296]

I will never forget that day the news reported that Indira Gandhi had been brutally assassinated; I was 15. Then jump forward 7 years and I'm over in Australia when I heard about the murder of her son Rajiv. Sometimes I wish I hadn't been born at the time I was so I didn't have to remember this history.

[@AnuragDDethe]

Your'e kinda wrong, the Americans could have reached in time to help Pakistan but it was the decisive action of the Soviets which made sure that there would be no interference by the USA and as we say, the rest is history.

[@simonkevnorris]

At 11:02 is that the Australian Prime Minister John Horton standing next to Indira?

[@simonkevnorris]

I should have put Gorton rather than Horton.

[@pritsingh9766]

26:38 Rajputs at the time when punjab was ruled by Chauhan were the 1st to use this surname later guru Gobind Singh made compulsory for sikhs to use it .....

[@shinchannohara2924]

@The Great Kek that ain't true bro!

[@phantombeard6262]

Other political leaders you guys could do would be William Lyon Mackenzie King, or Sir John A Macdonald. Also Louis Riel. Awesome job as always Biographics

[@davidwall1385]

A remarkable woman in many ways, certainly she stands out as probably the most influential female leader of the 20th Century... She can claim to be the the only woman to lead the world's largest democracy. At the same time she is rightly deeply controversial and disputed, for all the reasons Simon points out and more... I personally can't help but feel, with her death at the hands of her own Sikh bodyguards, that she brought her downfall on herself... Still, she should be studied as a remarkable and important chapter in the birth of one of the world's most powerful nations.

[@asingh4025]

Personally sir to say there was something remarkable about Indira Gandhi is to say there's something remarkable about the devil her fall from grace is well documented and not shown in this video it was Ronald Reagan who was called her a bitch Ronald Reagan to say that you've got to be a

[@Prab-iu6mr]

Indra Gandhi was a great businesswoman. there's a lot you can learn from her. especially when it comes to selling India to KGB/Russia. She had a great multi-million profitable business. She was also really ahead of her time by selling a subscription based product and also making it affordable too. For example, back then you could rent the whole of India for just 5Million rupees a month.🤣

[@rinzo2009]

Of a truth, Margaret Thatcher ain't got nothing on this Oriental Iron Lady.

[@shebbs1]

Vastly different cultures, hard to compare.

[@andrewince8824]

Shame Thatcher never tasted the same justice doled out to Indira.

[@udayrathod3786]

28:21 wanna hear a joke Rahul Gandhi

[@artman7780]

Pappuji! 😂😂😂🙏🏾

[@ramanchaturvedi2837]

I'll tell u another Modi -Gujarat 2002

[@ramanchaturvedi2837]

@@artman7780 feku ji

[@JK-gu3tl]

He was smarter than Modi on demonenitization.

[@itz_bk]

@@ramanchaturvedi2837 Here's another ; earth is flat (what's all the mullas taught to believe)

[@vimuran]

Pls do a segment on Sirimavo Bandaranaike. Worlds first elected female prime minister and close friend of Indira Gandhi

[@shashankasai6393]

Make a video about P V NARASIMHA RAO , the best prime minister who saved INDIA from the biggest crisis.

[@lookintoit4537]

Most under-appreciated person in our history.

[@misterwhitman4368]

Oh this is more than I can Indira!

[@soundfilmproduction5365]

Make a video on Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.

[@686harley]

awesome stuff! thanks for the video

[@chip9649]

Do videos on other unknown axis leaders such as Mikolas Horthy

[@SantomPh]

yes before the Hungarians and Poles start crying "racism". hey should get mirrors

[@EdgyMemer_]

Oh and Bose as well.

[@rahulg2961]

I haven't clicked sooner but realized it's a day old

[@JK-gu3tl]

Nixon supporting Pakistan in that war was shameful, but typical for him.

[@sabhishek9289]

I wonder if in an alternate timeline what would happen if Nixon was never elected. I bet it would be a timeline where the US would have sided with India instead of Pakistan.

[@benjamintariang2559]

Thank you very much for listening to my comments and finally making a video of her 😊

[@natelandherr5202]

How about Lemmy: The man who broke the mold

[@cagrant4472]

Indira Ghandi's personal bodyguardx were almost, if not always, Sikhs. There were good reasons for this. However, It wasn't the smartest thing she ever did, to continue to employ Sikhs to protect her life after attacking their most venerated Holy Place, the Golden Temple at Amritsar, of all places. Some things are more important than company loyalty!

[@kaisersingh5827]

It would be great if you did a following biography of Bhindrawale. Love your channel and what you do!

[@rationalsamrat3247]

Do a video on emperor Asoka .

[@jindashaheed]

I enjoy your videos but you oversimplified the events leading up to Operation Blue Star wayyy too much. Why not look into the human rights violations at the hands of the Indian govt in Punjab. Also how about the timing of Operation Blue Star coinciding with the death anniversary of the Golden Temple’s founder?

[@mgithaiga1]

Please do a Biographics video on the following people: Evita Peron, Ferdinand Marcos , Imelda Marcos, Wangari Maathai, Nicolae Ceaușescu, Daniel Arap Moi, Mobutu, Oprah Winfrey, Elvis Presley, Tsar Nicholas II, Benazir Bhutto , Steven Spielberg, Hassanal Bolkiah, Benjamin Netanyahu, Silvio Berlusconi , Haile Selassie I , Siad Barre , Boston Strangler, Margaret Thatcher, O J Simpson, Kunta Kunte, Abraham Lincoln.

[@upintheairstudio]

Yo Simon do a video on Julius and Ethel Rosenberg: The couple that stole the bomb.

[@adnanpitafi]

You have done Indira Gandhi episode but NOT Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto

[@nicolek4076]

As usual, Simon, you make a complete dog's breakfast of just about everyone's name. I should know, I lived in India during most of the period you cover here. To say the least, you never disappoint.

[@agill2103]

Best you tube channel

[@soldierofmisfortune6284]

We need an episode about Simon Whistler

[@marjolainem09]

She had the right to have two sons but force sterilize men without their approval... 😒😡

[@xfactor3000]

True

[@marjolainem09]

@@xfactor3000 Cool name! You're a wrestling fan?

[@PawelSorinsky]

That was the best thing. But 2 children is nothing.

[@fvckyoutubescensorshipandt2718]

Well, as long as her 2 sons were also sterilized at birth then all is good. Really should sterilize females too, with just males no wonder it was ultimately ineffective, since just 1 male can fertilize multiple females. Really they need to do it genetically via aerosol the way mosquito populations are reduced now to reduce malaria cases. A bit less barbaric and a bit more efficient than physically detaching their balls one person at a time.

[@PawelSorinsky]

@@fvckyoutubescensorshipandt2718 It needs to be enforced.

[@Organic.Mechanic]

Well made video! But over the years I have come to realise that the assassination of Indra Gandhi is what binded punjab with India finally with her assassination the Sikhs got their revenge and the government chased the separatists out of the country! Even in death she served her purpose!

[@REDnBLACKnRED]

I am almost surprised the comment section is still tame. But seeing as KZbin has suggested me this today, I believe the barrage is coming. All personal opinions about her aside I think this was an exceptionally well made video about the life of one of India's most defining leaders so far.

[@soxfan773]

WITH THE RELEASE OF THE IRISHMEN, could you do a jimmy Hoffa video?

[@natewilliams5464]

You should do a Biographics about Jim Henson!

[@hmingthanacolney2974]

Air strikes on internal turmoil... She was too bold

[@hmingthanacolney2974]

Mizo Rebellion... Take actual first hand information they're all dead