Indira Gandhi Daniela Barahona and Alejandro López My name is Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi I was born in Nueva Delhi, India on November 19th 1917 and I died on October 31st 1984. I was the first woman to achieve the Prime Minister position in India, between 1966 to 1977 and 1980 until my death. I lived in a convulsive historic period marked by the pacific revolutionary movement led by Mahatma Gandhi (who doesn't have any relation with me), which resulted in the independence of India in 1947. My father, Jawaharlal Nehru, who was the first prime minister of India (194764) introduced me to politics when I was very little, lending me the possibility of starting my own political career. I became part of the Indian National Congress (Gandhi’s and my father’s political party) achieving the position of prime minister (1966-1977) due to the death of my predecessor, the people in high positions and leaders of the different parties decided the need of a passive ruler, they would soon realize that I wasn’t passive at all. During my whole life I have been promoting the idea of all being equal and not treating women as an economic source of income. When I started my political life I participated in a lot of women organisations, wishing to lead all the people in my beloved India to an egalitarian society as Joan
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