Indira gandhi biography video kasim

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00:30India's first female Prime Minister

00:32was born into the influential Nehru dynasty in November 1917.

00:37Her father had risen under the mentorship of Mahatma Gandhi

00:40to become the first Prime Minister of independent India in 1947.

00:45Starting out in politics as her father's personal assistant,

00:48she was elected President of the Indian National Congress in 1960.

00:52But it wasn't until her father's death in 1964

00:56that she joined the government as Minister for Information and Broadcasting.

01:00She immediately impressed Prime Minister Lal Shastri

01:02by soothing community leaders

01:04and supervising reconstruction of parts of Madras

01:07that had been destroyed by rioting.

01:09A year later, Shastri died of a heart attack

01:12after signing a peace agreement with Pakistan.

01:18With the backing of the syndicate, who believed she would be easily led,

01:22she defeated Miraj Desai to become India's fifth Prime Mini