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First Indian woman to become the President of the Indian National Congress and the first woman to become the Governor of Uttar Pradesh.

  1. Sarojini Naidu

  2. Matangini Hazra

  3. Vijayalaksmi Pandit

  4. Pritilata Waddedar
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Sarojini Naidu (1879-1949) was the first Indian woman to become President of the Indian National Congress in 1925 and later the first woman Governor of Uttar Pradesh from 1947-1949. She was a prominent freedom fighter and poet known as 'The Nightingale of India.' Vijayalakshmi Pandit was also a significant figure but became Governor of Maharashtra, not Uttar Pradesh.

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