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Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit

1900 - 1990

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Vijay Lakshmi Pandit (née Swarup Nehru; 18 August 1900 – 1 December 1990) was an Indian freedom fighter, diplomat and politician. She served as the 8th President of the United Nations General Assembly from 1953 to 1954, the first woman and the only Indian to have been appointed to this post. She was also the 3rd Governor of Maharashtra from 1962 to 1964. Noted for her participation in the Indian independence movement, she was jailed several times during the movement. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit is the 12,586th most popular politician (down from 8,233rd in 2019), the 500th most popular biography from India (down from 278th in 2019) and the 162nd most popular Indian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit ranks 12,586 out of 19,576. Before her are Philippe de Villiers, José López Rega, François Buzot, Marcel Pilet-Golaz, Princess Marie Frederica of Hesse-Kassel, and Ankhhaf. After her are Ernest von Koerber, Sayf ad-Din Inal, Ivan Shuvalov, René Harris, Frederick Augustus, Duke of Nassau, and Teodósio I, Duke of Braganza.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1900, Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit ranks 179. Before her are Hélène Prévost, Serge Poliakoff, Spyridon Athanasopoulos, Semyon Lavochkin, Boris Yefimov, and Alexander Mosolov. After her are Mikel Koliqi, Madeleine Renaud, Juan d'Arienzo, Charles Jewtraw, Sumitranandan Pant, and Catherine Hessling. Among people deceased in 1990, Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit ranks 148. Before her are Xu Xiangqian, Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar, Otto E. Neugebauer, Rocky Graziano, Gerald Bull, and Mario Pizziolo. After her are Alfred Sauvy, Edwin O. Reischauer, Robert Cummings, Sabicas, Merab Mamardashvili, and Marie-Dominique Chenu.

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In India

Among people born in India, Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit ranks 500 out of 1,861. Before her are Ram Prasad Bismil (1897), Tamannaah (1989), Nain Singh (1830), Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts (1832), Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay (1894), and Sulochana Gadgil (1944). After her are Tyagaraja (1767), Shruti Haasan (1986), B. R. Chopra (1914), Ranveer Singh (1985), Boney Kapoor (1955), and Mamata Banerjee (1955).

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Among POLITICIANS In India

Among politicians born in India, Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit ranks 162. Before her are Bahubali (null), Rani Padmini (null), Lakshmi Sahgal (1914), Sanjay Gandhi (1946), N. Chandrababu Naidu (1950), and Begum Hazrat Mahal (1820). After her are Mamata Banerjee (1955), C. N. Annadurai (1909), Lalu Prasad Yadav (1948), Kumaragupta I (400), Fatima Jinnah (1893), and Jhalkaribai (1830).

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