Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit

Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit (18 August 1900 – 1 December 1990) was an freedom fighter, diplomat and politician. She also served as the 8th President of the United Nations General Assembly from 1953 to 1954. Pandit was also appointed as the 3rd Governor of Maharashtra from 1962 to 1964.^[2]

Her Excellency Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit in 1938
8th President of the United Nations General Assembly
In office 15 September 1953 – 21 September 1954[1]
Preceded by	Lester B. Pearson
Succeeded by	Eelco N. van Kleffens
3rd Governor of Maharashtra
In office 28 November 1962 – 18 October 1964
Chief Minister	Marotrao Kannamwar P. K. Sawant (acting) Vasantrao Naik
Preceded by	P. Subbarayan
Succeeded by	P. V. Cherian
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office 1967–1971
Preceded by	Jawaharlal Nehru
Succeeded by	V. P. Singh
Constituency	Phulpur
Personal details
Born	Swarup Nehru (1900-08-18)18 August 1900 Allahabad, North West Provinces, British India (present day Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India)
Died	1 December 1990(1990-12-01) (aged 90) Dehradun, Uttar Pradesh, India (present-day Uttarakhand)
Political party	Indian National Congress
Spouse(s)	Ranjit Sitaram Pandit ​ ​ (m. 1921; died 1944)​
Children	3, including Nayantara Sahgal
Parents	Pandit Motilal Nehru Swarup Rani Nehru
Relatives	See Nehru–Gandhi family
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