| Abstract | Rad se bavi usponom i padom političke karijere prve žene koja je obnašala premijersku dužnost u Indiji, Indire Gandhi te prikazom niza političkih poteza koje je donijela kako bi što duže zadržala vlast, ali i analizom nekih od najvažnijih i najkontroverznijih zakona koje je donijela za vrijeme svojih mandata. Indira Gandhi bila je kći prvog indijskog premijera Jawaharlala Nehrua, istaknutog vođe Indijskog nacionalnog kongresa tijekom borbe za nezavisnost Indije. Kao domaćica u očevom kućanstvu, a onda i njegova tajnica, prisustvovala je njegovim sastancima na kojima se raspravljalo o raznim vidovima političkog puta Indije te je tako, slušanjem i upijanjem onoga što čuje, skupila znanje i iskustvo koji su joj pomogli kada je, nakon očeve smrti i smrti njegovog političkog nasljednika, i sama postala premijerka Indije 1966. godine. Njezina popularnost u indijskom narodu bila je ogromna zbog njezine spremnosti da uvijek prva dođe na mjesto događaja kada bi došlo do bilo kakvog problema u državi te da ga brzim i aktivnim djelovanjem i riješi, bez obzira je li joj to njezina uloga dopuštala ili ne, no i zbog humanitarnog rada za vrijeme borbe za nezavisnost i tijekom očevih mandata. Vrlo brzo Indira je u sebi vidjela jedini i najbolji izbor za vođenje Indije i promicanje vrijednosti koje je naučila od oca poput socijalizma, demokracije, sekularizacije, ali i humanizma. U početku karijere vrlo je pažljivo birala svoje suradnike te se vrlo odlučno i taktički vješto nosila s porazima, no u posljednjem mandatu kao da je izgubila samopouzdanje i previše preispitivala svoje odluke te je nakon kasne i brutalne reakcije na pobunu sikha ubijena od strane vlastitih tjelohranitelja, pripadnika sikha. Bila je drugi najdugovječniji premijer Indije nakon nezavisnosti i prva žena premijer te je do danas ostala velika svjetska politička ikona. |
| Abstract (english) | This thesis deals with the rise and fall of the political career of the first woman to become Indian Prime Minister, Indira Gandhi, and the presentation of a series of political moves she made in order to retain power as long as possible, as well as an analysis of some of the most important and controversial laws she passed during her mandates. Indira Gandhi was the daughter of India's first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, a prominent leader of the Indian National Congress during India's struggle for independence. As a hostess, and later as a secretary in her father's household, she attended his meetings where various aspects of India's political path were discussed, this way, by listening and absorbing what she heard, she already gathered knowledge and experience that helped her when, after her father's death and the death of his political successor, she herself became the Prime Minister of India in 1966. Her popularity among the Indian people was enormous due to her willingness always to be the first to come to the scene when there was any problem in the country and to solve it with quick and active action, regardless of whether her role allowed her to do so or not, but also due to humanitarian work during the struggle for independence and during her father's mandate. Very quickly, Indira saw herself as the only and best choice for leading India and promoting the values she learned from her father, such as socialism, democracy, secularization, and humanism. At the beginning of her career, she chose her associates very carefully and dealt with defeats very decisively and tactically skillfully, but in her last term she seemed to lose confidence and reconsidered her decisions too much, and after a late and brutal reaction to the Sikh rebellion, she was killed by her own bodyguards, members of the Sikhs. She was India's second longest-serving Prime Minister after independence and the first female Prime Minister, and remains a great world political icon to this day. |
