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Who is the Indian, elected as the first woman President of the UN General Assembly.

  1. Indira Gandhi

  2. Sarojini Naidu

  3. Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit

  4. Arundhathi Roy
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Explanation

Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit, sister of Jawaharlal Nehru, became the first woman President of the UN General Assembly in 1953. She was a prominent diplomat and had previously served as India's ambassador to the USSR, USA, and Mexico. Indira Gandhi and Sarojini Naidu were influential Indian women but never held this UN position.

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