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LAKSHMI PANDIT VIJAYA: (1900-1990) Indian diplomat and politician, the first woman to be appointed President of the United Nations General Assembly (1953-54). Sister of Jawaharlal Nehru and aunt of Indira Gandhi. Vintage signed 8 x 10 photograph of Lakshmi Pandit seated in a half-length pose at her desk, with a pencil and papers before her. Signed ('Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit') in turquoise fountain pen ink to a clear area at the base of the image and dated June 1949 in her hand. Some light overall surface and corner creasing, G
Lakshmi Pandit served as Ambassador of India to the Soviet Union 1947-49 and as Indian Ambassador to the United States 1949-52.