Indira Gandhi was a better sucessor than Mr Nehru himself in some respects. Though Nehru was an utopian socialist and a true democrat, his biggest pitfall was his procrastination in taking decisions in respect of important issues. Indira Gandhi was bolder and a better decision maker. Though a maverick she was very effective. Her greatest blunders were to annihilate second line leadership in Congress to pave way for her sons to succeed her smoothly and proclamation of emergency in 1975 and her greatest achievement being the dismemeberment of Pakistan and liberation of Bangla Desh.
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