Vijay laxmi pandit biography of mahatma

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    Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit

    Indian freedom fighter, diplomat and politician (1900–1990)

    Vijay Lakshmi Pandit (néeSwarupNehru;[2] 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 brev. 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.

    In 1944, she visited the United States to raise awareness about the Indian affairs among the American people in order to counter the anti-Indian propaganda there. Following the independence of India, she was sent to London as India's most important diplomat after serving as India's envoy to the Soviet Union, the United States and the United Nations.[3] Hailing from the prominent Nehru-Gandhi political fam

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    Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit, whose 32nd death anniversary falls today, was a woman of exceptional ability. Hailing from, inarguably, the country’s most distinguished political family, being the sister of Jawaharlal Nehru and daughter of Motilal Nehru, Vijaya Lakshmi’s career was full of many advantages but there was no escaping the disadvantages that accompany a background so visible. Had it not been so she may have become the President of India in 1977 when perhaps being Nehru’s sister, or Indira Gandhi’s aunt, became her disqualification.

    Born Swarup Kumari Nehru on August 18, 1900, she was eleven years younger than Jawaharlal, the only son of Motilal Nehru. It was only when she married a Maharashtrian Brahmin settled in Rajkot, Ranjit Pandit, that she adopted the name Vijay Lakshmi that was given by her in-laws as per custom in most Hindu families those days. Vijaya Lakshmi, along with her sister, Krishna was sentenced to one-year rigorous impressments in 1932, the first of her three

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    Mahatma Gandhi

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    The Best advice I ever had come from one of the greatest souls the world has ever known - Mahatma Gandhi - on a sunny afternoon a decade ago. Most people pass through a period of anguish when their belief in humanity is at a low ebb. I was in such a period. My husband had recently died. My deep sorrow over his loss was followed by the humiliating realization that in the eyes of Indian Law I had no individual existence.

    Now as a widow without a son, I was not entitled to any share of the family property, nor were my two daughters. I resented this galling position. I was bitter towards those members of my family who supported this antiquated law. At this time I went to pay my respects to Gandhiji and say good bye before leaving for America to take part in a conference. After our talk he asked "Have you made your peace with your relatives?"

    I was amazed that he would take sides against me. "I have not quarrelled with anyon