Second Indira Gandhi ministry

Second Indira Gandhi ministry
7th ministry of the Republic of India
Date formed	13 March 1967 (1967-03-13)
Date dissolved	18 March 1971 (1971-03-18)
People and organisations
Head of state	Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (until 13 May 1967) Zakir Husain (13 May 1969–3 May 1969) Varahagiri Venkatagiri, Acting (3 May–20 July 1969) Mohammad Hidayatullah, Acting (20 July–24 August 1969) Varahagiri Venkatagiri (from 24 August 1969)
Head of government	Indira Gandhi
Deputy head of government	Morarji Desai (until 19 July 1969)
Member party	Indian National Congress
Status in legislature	Majority
Opposition party	Indian National Congress (O) (1969–1970)
Opposition leader	Ram Subhag Singh
History
Election	1967
Outgoing election	1971
Predecessor	First Indira Gandhi ministry
Successor	Third Indira Gandhi ministry

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Prime Minister of India 1966–1977 1980–1984 Early life and education Public image Family Eponyms International trips Domestic Policy Economic Policy Foreign Policy Assassination Premiership General elections 1967 1971 1977 1980 Union Council of Ministers First Second Third Lok Sabha Fourth Fifth Sixth Seventh National policy Legislation COFEPOSA Enemy Property Act, 1968 The Gold (Control) Act, 1968 IMDT MISA NPE North-Eastern Reorganisation Act Privy Purse Treaties and accords Delhi Agreement Indira–Sheikh Accord Shimla Agreement Sirima–Gandhi Pact Missions and projects Operation Blue Star Operation Flood Operation Lal Dora Operation Steeplechase Operation Sundown 1975 Sikkimese monarchy referendum Samjhauta Express Smiling Buddha Controversies Emergency Baroda dynamite case State of Uttar Pradesh v. Raj Narain Turkman gate Riots and attacks 1966 anti-cow slaughter agitation 1974 railway strike in India 1975 Sikkimese monarchy referendum 1980 Moradabad riots Insurgency in Punjab Airbus hijacking Constitutional amendments Twentieth Twenty-first Twenty-second Twenty-third Twenty-fourth Twenty-fifth Twenty-sixth Thirty-eighth Thirty-ninth Forty-first Forty-second Forty-fifth Forty-seventh Forty-eighth Gallery: Picture, Sound, Video
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The Second Indira Gandhi ministry was the second union council of ministers which was headed by prime minister Indira Gandhi. The ministry was constituted upon the victory of the Indian National Congress under Gandhi's leadership in the 1967 general election. Prime Minister Indira Gandhi who was a member of the Rajya Sabha in her first term as the prime minister, was herself elected to the Lok Sabha in the general election from the Raebareli constituency of Uttar Pradesh. The ministry remained in office until being dissolved and succeeded by the third Indira Gandhi ministry which was formed following the re-election of Indira Gandhi in 1971.