You may think that the United States is the largest democracy in the world. Well, it actually isn’t. The largest democracy in the world is India, with its population of 1.2 billion. India also had its first female prime minister, Indira Gandhi, in 1966 and its first female president, Pratibha Patil, in 2007, both way ahead of the United States.
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You may think that the United States is the largest democracy in the world. Well, it actually isn’t. The largest democracy in the world is India, with its population of 1.2 billion. India also had its first female prime minister, Indira Gandhi, in 1966 and its first female president, Pratibha Patil, in 2007, both way ahead of the United States.