Syed hussain and vijaya lakshmi pandit

Indian freedom fighter, diplomat and politician (–)

Vijay Lakshmi Pandit (néeSwarupNehru;^[2] 18 August – 1 December ) was an Indian freedom fighter, diplomat and politician.

She served as the 8th President of the United Nations General Assembly from to , the first woman and the only Indian to have been appointed to this post. She was also the 3rd Governor of Maharashtra from to Noted for her participation in the Indian independence movement, she was jailed several times during the movement.

In , she visited the United States to raise awareness about the Indian affairs among the American people in order to counter the anti-Indian propaganda there. Following the independence of India, she was sent to London as India's most important diplomat after serving as India's envoy to the Soviet Union, the United States and the United Nations.^[3] Hailing from the prominent Nehru-Gandhi political family, her brother Jawaharlal Nehru was the