The first woman Prime Minister of India was Indira Gandhi. She became Prime Minister on January 19, 1966, making history as the first woman to hold this position in the country. Indira Gandhi was the daughter of Jawaharlal Nehru, India's first Prime Minister, and she served as Prime Minister in two main terms: from 1966 to 1977 and then from 1980 until her assassination in 1984.