Mrs. Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit, the chief delegate of India. Born in 1900 of one of the most prominent families in the country, her father was a former President of the Indian National Congress and her ...

In 1953, the United Nations elected India’s Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit as the 8th President of the General Assembly, the first woman elected to the role. A prominent politician and active Indian ...

The new president of the United Nations General Assembly walked serenely to the dais, fussed through her handbag for her glasses and a pencil, then spoke to the hall full of delegates in a soft, ...

NEW YORK, NY (IANS) – When Ruchira Kamboj took the gavel on December 1 at the Security Council, she was following in the footsteps of an illustrious Indian woman, Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit who assumed ...

NEW DELHI, (IANS) – The origins of the fragile relationship between Jawaharlal Nehru’s sister, Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit, and her niece, Indira Gandhi, which ended with the aunt becoming one of the ...

Siblings Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and Indian Ambassador to the U.S. Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit ride with U.S. President Harry S. Truman upon their arrival for a state visit, in Washington D.C ...

“Do not be captivated by her beauty,” warned Socialist Dr. Ram Lohia. “Inside she is pure venom!” He further claimed that Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit, 64, retained her youthful good looks only because she ...

In 1946, an Indian woman made history by leading her country’s first delegation to the United Nations. Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit described it as a moment that reshaped her life. As the sister of ...