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Who was India's first woman Cabinet Minister?

  1. Dr. Vijayalakshmi Pandit

  2. Rajkumari Amrit Kaur

  3. Dr. Annie Besant

  4. Sheila Dixit
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Explanation

Rajkumari Amrit Kaur was India's first woman Cabinet Minister, serving as the Health Minister in independent India's first cabinet under Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru from 1947-1957. Dr. Vijayalakshmi Pandit was a distinguished diplomat and sister of Nehru but not the first woman Cabinet Minister. Dr. Annie Besant was a theosophist and freedom fighter who passed away before independence. Sheila Dixit became Chief Minister of Delhi much later in 1998.

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