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Indira Gandhi became India’s first female prime minister because

her father named her as his successor.
the people of India voted her in.
she was next in line after her father’s assassination.
she was thought to be someone who could modernize India.

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she was thought to be someone who could modernize India.

Congress leaders picked her in 1966 as a compromise/consensus candidate (partly because of her Nehru legacy and perceived ability to lead), and she later consolidated popular support in elections.