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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 was the first Indian woman to become a Governor, appointed as the Governor of West Bengal in 1947 and serving until 1949. Known as the 'Nightingale of India', she was a prominent freedom fighter and poet. Padmaja Naidu was her daughter and also became a Governor later. Annie Besant was a theosophist and freedom fighter who passed away before independence. Indira Gandhi became Prime Minister, not a Governor.

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