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Who was the first Indian woman to become a Governor of a state

  1. Padmaja Naidu

  2. Sarojini Naidu

  3. Annie Besant

  4. Indira Gandhi
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Explanation

Sarojini Naidu became the first woman Governor in independent India when she was appointed Governor of Uttar Pradesh in 1947, serving until her death in 1949. She was a prominent freedom fighter and poet known as the 'Nightingale of India'. Padmaja Naidu (her daughter) later became Governor of West Bengal.

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