GK
FAMOUS PERSONALITIES
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Mrs. Sarojini Naidu
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Mrs. Sucheta Kriplani
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Mrs. Indira Gandhi
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Mrs. Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
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Detailed explanation-1: -Sarojini Naidu was the first women Governor of a State in free India. She governed Uttar Pradesh from 15 August 1947 to 2 March 1949.
Detailed explanation-2: -in 1835, Lord William Bentinck, became the first governor general of India.
Detailed explanation-3: -Governor of United Provinces Following India’s independence from the British rule in 1947, Naidu was appointed the governor of the United Provinces (present-day Uttar Pradesh), making her India’s first woman governor. She remained in office until her death in March 1949 (aged 70).
Detailed explanation-4: -Sarojini Naidu, popularly known as the “Nightingale of India”, was the first Indian woman to become the governor of Uttar Pradesh which was then known as the United Provinces.