GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

Detailed explanation-1: -In 1953 Pandit became the first woman to be elected president of the UN General Assembly. From 1954 to 1961 she was Indian high commissioner (ambassador) in London and concurrently ambassador to Dublin.

Detailed explanation-2: -Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit (née Swarup Nehru) was a diplomat, politician and the first female president of the United Nations General Assembly. She was deeply involved in the struggle for Indian independence, working alongside her brother Jawaharlal Nehru. Vijaya Lakshmi Swarup Nehru was born in 1900 in Allahabad, India.

Detailed explanation-3: -In 1953, India’s Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit, pictured at UN Headquarters alongside the then Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld, was elected as the 8th and first woman President.

Detailed explanation-4: -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). She was the leader of the All Indian Women’s Conference (1941-1943).