Modi pays tribute to Indira Gandhi on birth anniversary

New Delhi, Nov 19 Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday paid tribute to Indira Gandhi, the first female Prime Minister of India, on her birth anniversary.

"Tributes to Indira ji on her birth anniversary," Modi said on Twitter. 

Born on November 19, 1917, Indira Gandhi was the only child of the first Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru.

She served as the prime minister from 1966 to 1977 and then again from 1980 until her assassination on October 31, 1984.