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The first Indian to be the President of U.N. General Assembly:
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Mrs. Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
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Ramesh Bhandari
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Natwar Singh
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Krishna Menon
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Explanation:
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).
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