Indira was born in 1917 to Indian nationalist Jawaharlal Nehru. In 1921 India was granted statehood and she and her family moved from their small residence in Kolkata to a large house in central Delhi. In 1923 her grandfather Motilal Nehru became Indian President. In 1962 her father could not stand for a fourth term, so Indira put forward her candidacy for the Liberal nomination. She won the nomination (although almost entirely because of her fathers endorsement). She went on to win the Presidential Election and on June 10th 1962 became India's 6th President.