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.
Anyone can be made a minister. Indira Gandhi became India's first female prime minister because the people of India voted her in.
Congress President Kamaraj was known to be one of the key force that helped Mrs. Gandhi in the selection of being a prime minister.
This was his choice because he sees her to be weak enough and that regional party bosses can have control over her.
She was known to beat her opponent Desai in a party election due to the influence of her father which made people vote for her.
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