President Pranab Mukherjee, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Vice President Hamid Ansari, United Progressive Alliance chairperson Sonia Gandhi and Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi paid homage to late Prime Minister Indira Gandhi on her 96th birth anniversary on Tuesday.
The leaders offered floral tributes at Indira Gandhi's memorial Shakti Sthal on the west bank of the Yamuna, New Delhi.
Manmohan Singh, Sonia Gandhi and Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar also paid tributes to the late leader, often described as the "Iron Lady of India" at the Parliament House complex.
A number of functions and welfare programs are being organized across the country as a mark of respect.
Indira Gandhi was born Nov 19, 1917, and was the first woman prime minister of India.
She was the Prime Minister from 1966 to 1977 and again from 1980 to 1984.
She is noted for declaring a state of emergency after a court struck down her election in 1975, and also for her handling of the "Operation Blue Star" against Sikh militants.
Gandhi was assassinated by two of her Sikh bodyguards at her residence on October 31, 1984.
(with inputs from IANS and ANI)
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