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  1. Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit. Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit (née Swarup Nehru; [2] 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 this post. She was also the 3rd Governor of Maharashtra from 1962 ...

  2. Mar 16, 2024 · The fact that Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit had personal struggles makes her human. And her humanity is the very thing that makes her so relatable and inspiring. The chapter names are very interesting.

  3. Aug 14, 2024 · Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit was an Indian political leader and diplomat, one of the world’s leading women in public life in the 20th century. She was the daughter of Motilal Nehru, a wealthy and aristocratic nationalist leader, and sister of Jawaharlal Nehru, the first prime minister of independent

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  4. Jun 27, 2018 · Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit. Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit (1900-1990) was an Indian diplomat, politician, and a sister of India's first prime-minister, Jawaharlal Nehru. She was active in the Indian freedom movement and held high national and international positions. Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit was born in Allahabad in what was then the United Provinces (later ...

  5. Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit advocated for the good of the whole, and not to sacrifice the good of the whole for the betterment of the few. “Even though certain minorities have special interests to safeguard,” she said, “They should not forget, that they are parts of the whole, and if the larger interest suffers, there can be no question of real safeguarding of the interest of any minority.

  6. Dec 1, 2022 · Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit Facebook Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit, whose 32nd death anniversary falls today, was a woman of exceptional ability. Hailing from, inarguably, the country’s most distinguished political family, the sister of Jawaharlal Nehru and daughter of Motilal Nehru had a career full of advantages.

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  8. Jan 26, 2018 · Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit Governor of Maharastra who inaugurated a festival of actor Shivaji Ganesan’s dramas in Bombay, 1963. (Express Archive Photo) In Great Women of Modern India , Verinder Grover and Ranjana Arora note how Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit was a “woman intellectually superior to the bulk of Congress leaders who, nothwithstanding their small minds, pose as intellectual giants.”