Political
PANDIT
(Mrs. Vijaya Lakshmi, 1900-1990, President of the UN Assembly 1953-1954, sister of Jawaharlal Nehru (Prime Minster of India 1947-1964))
Fine Vintage Photo signed and dated
showing her head and shoulders, looking to her left, wearing a sari, 6 x 4, together with a typed letter signed by her Social Secretary to Miss G. M. Ireland thanking her for sending Mrs Pandit the glove case which you were good enought to send her as a Christmas gift... owing to great pressure of work recently, she has not yet been able to write and thank you so very much for... such a delightful gift. Mrs pandit is leaving today for Canada... she sends you her warmest good wishes... and encloses the photograph, 9 Kensington Palace Gardens headed paper, 10th January
Item Date: 1957
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Background
Pandit 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 post. 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.
Stock No. 43303
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