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The first woman to become Governor of a state in India was

  1. Sarojini Naidu

  2. Fateema Biwi

  3. Vijayalaxmi Pandit

  4. Sucheta Kripalani

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Sarojini Naidu became the first woman Governor of an Indian state when she was appointed Governor of Uttar Pradesh in August 1947, shortly after independence. She was a prominent freedom fighter and poet. Vijayalakshmi Pandit became the first woman to lead a state as Chief Minister (though of foreign territory), not Governor.

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