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Who was the Indian women president of the United Nations General Assembly?

A. Sarojini Naidu
B. Margret Thatcher
C. Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
D. Golda Mayer
Answer» C. Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
Explanation: India's Mrs. Vijayalakshmi Pandit was, on 18 September 1953, elected President of the eighth session of the U.N. General Assembly, becoming the first an accorded that honour. A sister of Jawaharlal Nehru, she was also the first Indian woman to hold a cabinet postin 1937 when she was made the minister of local self-government and public health.
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