52, Indian politician, resigned in May from her post as president of India's Congress Party after fellow party leaders contested her candidacy as prime minister because she is not a native Indian. A week later, after an outpouring of support from her followers, the Italian-born Gandhi withdrew her resignation. She is the wife of slain prime minister, Rajiv Gandhi, and the daughter-in-law of former prime minister Indira Gandhi, who was assassinated in 1984.
