GK
FAMOUS PERSONALITIES
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First Indian woman to become president of U.N. General Assembly
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First woman Governor of a State
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First woman Chief Minister of State
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None of these
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Detailed explanation-1: -Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit (née Swarup Nehru; 18 August 1900 – 1 December 1990) was an Indian freedom fighter, diplomat and politician. She served as the 8th President of the United Nations General Assembly from 1953 to 1954, the first woman appointed to either post.
Detailed explanation-2: -Born in Allahabad, India, the sister of Jawaharlal Nehru. Like her brother, she was imprisoned for activism during India’s struggle for independence. She became the first woman to hold a cabinet position in pre-Independence India (1937).
Detailed explanation-3: -After her husband’s death, Mrs. Vijayalakshmi realized that in the eyes of Indian law she had no individual existence and in law women were only recognized through their relationship to men. This realization filled Mrs. Vijayalakshmi Pandit with anguish.