The correct answer is D. Vijayalakshmi Pandit was the first women minister of an Indian state (UP), the first women to become president of the UN General Assembly, and the first Indian women Ambassador to Moscow.
Vijayalakshmi Pandit was born in 1900 in Allahabad, India. She was the daughter of Motilal Nehru, a prominent Indian lawyer and politician, and Swarup Rani Nehru. Vijayalakshmi’s older brother was Jawaharlal Nehru, who became the first Prime Minister of India.
Vijayalakshmi Pandit was educated in India and England. She married Ranjit Pandit, a lawyer, in 1921. The couple had two children, a son and a daughter.
Vijayalakshmi Pandit entered politics in the 1930s. She was a member of the Indian National Congress, the leading political party in India. She served as a minister in the government of the United Provinces (now Uttar Pradesh) from 1937 to 1939.
After India gained independence in 1947, Vijayalakshmi Pandit served in the government of India in various capacities. She was India’s ambassador to the Soviet Union from 1947 to 1949, and to the United States from 1949 to 1952. She was also a member of the Indian Parliament from 1952 to 1964.
In 1953, Vijayalakshmi Pandit was elected president of the UN General Assembly. She was the first woman to hold this position.
Vijayalakshmi Pandit died in 1990 at the age of 89. She was a remarkable woman who made significant contributions to Indian politics and international affairs.