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AURORKA [14]
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Indira Gandhi became India’s first female prime minister because

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MA_775_DIABLO [31]3 years ago
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Indira Gandhi became India’s first female prime minister because the people of India voted her in.

In the 1967 Lok sabha election, Indira Gandhi, the prime ministerial candidate of Indian National Congress won a landslide victory and thus became the first female Prime Minister of India. She remained PM of India from 1967 to 1977 and again from 1980 to 1984.

Nookie1986 [14]3 years ago
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her father named her as his successor. the people of India voted her in. she was next in line after her father's assassination.

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