Maneka Gandhi
- Category : 1956-births
- Type : MGP
- Profile : 3/5 - Martyr / Heretic
- Definition : Single
- Incarnation Cross : RAX The Sleeping Phoenix 3
Biography
Indian politician, serving as Indian Union Cabinet Minister for Women & Child Development in the Government of PM Narendra Modi. She is also an animal rights activist, environmentalist, and widow of the Indian politician, Sanjay Gandhi. She has been a minister in four governments, and has authored a number of books in the areas of etymology, law and animal welfare. Maneka Gandhi is a member of the Nehru-Gandhi Family.
Maneka married Sanjay Gandhi, the son of the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi on 23 September 1974. She gave birth to a son in 1980 named Feroze after his grandfather on his father's side. Her mother-in-law added the name Varun. Maneka was just twenty-three years old and her son, just 100 days old, when her husband, Sanjay, died in an air crash on 23 June 1980.