Multiple choice

Who was the First Woman Minister?

  1. Sarojini Devi

  2. Vijayalakshmi Pandit

  3. Indira Gandhi

  4. None
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Explanation

Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit was the first woman to serve as a cabinet minister in India. She was appointed as the Minister of Local Self-Government and Public Health in the United Provinces (now Uttar Pradesh) in 1937. She later became the first woman President of the UN General Assembly (1953-1954) and India's ambassador to the USSR, USA, and Mexico.

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