This is the source where from the myth of Rajiv being a Parsi was derived. Rajiv's father Feroze, was Feroze Khan before he married Indira, against Kamala Nehru's wishes.
Feroze's mother's family name was Ghandy, often associated with Parsis and this was changed to Gandhi, sometime before his wedding with Indira, by an affidavit. The fact of the matter is that (and this fact can be found in many writings) Indira was very lonely. Chased out of the Shantiniketan University by Guru Dev Rabindranath himself for misdemeanour, the lonely girl was all by herself, while father Jawaharlal was busy with politics, pretty women and illicit sex, the mother was in hospital. Feroze Khan, the grocer's son was then in England and he was quite sympathetic to Indira and soon enough she changed her religion, became a Muslim woman and married Feroze Khan in a London mosque. Nehru was not happy, Kamala was dead already or dying. The news of this marriage eventually reached Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (better known as Mahatma Gandhi) . Gandhi urgently called Nehru and practically ordered him to ask the young man to change his name from Khan to Gandhi. It had nothing to do with change of religion, from Islam to Hinduism for instance. It was just a case of a change of name by an affidavit. And so Feroze Khan became Feroze Gandhi.
The surprising thing is that the apostle of truth, the old man soon to be declared India's Mahatma and the 'F
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by Loan Shark on Mar 27, 2008 03:35 PM Permalink
Indira Gandhi kicked the paki butt in 1971 and then proceeded to break them into two in 1972 - now bowing to any pressure from US ... and using Russia to her advantage - a political shrewd to govern India through the 70s
what Indira Gandhi achieved was distinct ... by breaking pakistan she halvedtheir fire power and eliminated the possibility of being attacked from east and west at the same time
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by rahul mathur on Mar 27, 2008 03:39 PM Permalink
Just because of Indira, India lost the advantage taken by Indian Jawans and now we are facing problems from both the sides
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by Pop Head on Mar 27, 2008 03:47 PM Permalink
Not Indira. The Gujus, Sindhis and Marwaris flooded post war Bangla Desh and started to exploit Bangla Deshis and squandered the goodwill of the India nation. At least they did not react as strong as Uganda did to Guju exploitation in the 80's and now in Kenya.
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by james ap on Mar 27, 2008 03:35 PM Permalink
Can someone tell me why Petrolum companies are giving ads?. Only vehicles owners can purchase their products and not by cycleman. If there is any change in rates, we can understand this ads. all are Government undertaking establishments and spending crors for ads. If these companies can stop giving ads, defenitely, petrolium prices can be reduced by 20 to 25 % from the present rates. No one sees such problems.
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by on Mar 27, 2008 03:41 PM Permalink
because of name nobody can become politician. and stop who is good or bad. Who has knowledage and experience. And will to do something for nation. Not just want to become PM because he has surname Gandhi. We indian are emotional fool... u can see discussion below... u got clear picture
