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Name the first woman Governor of a state in free India.

  1. Sarojini Naidu

  2. Vijaya Laxmi Pandit

  3. Sharada Mukherjee

  4. Padmaja Naidu
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Explanation

Sarojini Naidu became the first woman Governor of a state in independent India when she was appointed Governor of Uttar Pradesh in 1947. She was a prominent freedom fighter and poet. Vijaya Laxmi Pandit became the first woman President of UN General Assembly, not a Governor.

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