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Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit was an Indian diplomat and politician who served as the sixth Governor of Maharashtra and the eighth President of the United Nations General Assembly, becoming the first woman to hold either position. Her brother, Jawaharlal Nehru, was the first Prime Minister of independent India, her niece, Indira Gandhi, was the first female Prime Minister of India, and her grand-nephew, Rajiv Gandhi, was the sixth Prime Minister of India. After serving as Nehru's envoy to the Soviet Union, the United States, and the United Nations, Pandit was sent to London as India's most important diplomat. Her time in London sheds light on the broader context of changes in Indo–British relations.
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