Vijayalakshmi Pandit Pictures

Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit Nehru August 18, 1900 to December 1, 1990 was an Indian diplomat and politician, sister of Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru. In 1921 she married Ranjit Sitaram Pandit, who died on 14 January 1944. She was the first Indian woman to hold a ministerial post. In 1946 she was elected to the Constituent Assembly of the United Provinces.She served as Governor of Maharashtra