write the biographical sketch of mrs. vijaya lakshmi pandit
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Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit (18 August 1900 – 1 December 1990) was an Indian diplomat and politician who was the first female elected to 6th Governor of Maharashtra and 8th President of the United Nations General Assembly. Hailing from a prominent political family, her brother Jawaharlal Nehru was the first Prime Minister of independent India, her niece Indira Gandhi the first female Prime Minister of India and her grand-nephew Rajiv Gandhi was the sixth Prime Minister of India. Pandit was sent to London as India's most important diplomat after serving as Nehru's envoy to the Soviet Union, the United States and the United Nations. Her time in London offers insights into the wider context of changes in Indo–British relations. Her High-Commissionership was a microcosm of inter-governmental relations.
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Vijayalakshmi Pandit was born on 18th August 1900 in Allahabad. Her father Motilal Nehru called her "Tempest". Later, she was named Swaroop Rani. She was a lonely child as her brother Jawarharlal Nehru was studying in England. So, an English tutor Lilian Hooper taught her. She used to twist the subject and Vijayalakshmi used to contradict her. Later she went to Sabarmati Ashram of Gandhiji. There, she was attracted to nationalism.
She married Ranjit Pandit, and called Vijayalakshmi Pandit. They had four daughters. She introduced Milk Scheme in school. She worked in the ministry. She went on tours giving lectures on independence struggle. She was sent as a delegate to U.N. She went to USSR as an ambassador. She became the President of the U.N. General Assembly. She became the governor of Maharashtra. She breathed her last on 1st December, 1990.
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