Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit — the first woman (and first Indian) president of the United Nations General Assembly.
Vijaya Lakshmi was the first Indian woman to hold a cabinet post. She served as the president of the Indian National Congress twice.
She was also India’s ambassador to Russia during the late forties, and the governor of Maharashtra later.
Pandit is best known for being the first woman president of the UN General Assembly.