Vijayalakshmi Pandit, the first woman to hold the office, was elected assembly president in 1953.

VIJAYALAKSHMI PANDIT: Diplomat and politician. Photo: The Hindu Photo Library Vijayalakshmi Pandit was Pandit Jawahrlal Nehru’s younger sister, and aunt of Indira Gandhi.

General Assembly President Maria Fernanda Espinosa has said that she draws inspiration from Vijayalakshmi Pandit, the first woman to hold the office, and plans to install her portrait in her ...

Photo: Reuters/Citigroup. Mr. Pandit, 55 years old, departed following a clash with the board over strategy and performance, according to senior bank executives and advisers.

Kannada actor Radhika Pandit shared a heartwarming Instagram post featuring a childhood photo of her and her daughter Ayra with her father, Krishnaprasad Pandit. Fans were quick to notice the ...

Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru lights up a cigarette, receives his sister Vijayalakshmi Pandit at the airport, sends off a pigeon and then smiles in front of a signboard that says, "Photography strictly ...

Notice on prison staff promotion Superintendent Vijayalakshmi Pandit moved High Court to promote her as the Deputy Inspector General of Prisons.

The collector inaugurated a photo exhibition jointly organised by the officials of I&PR and Public Transport Department (PTD) at Pandit Nehru Bus Station here on Tuesday.

A man forged the late Vijayalakshmi Pandit's signature on a letter, gained entry into Rashtrapati Bhavan and 'deceived' then President R Venkataraman 16 years ago. A court in New Delhi, which had ...

Photo flashback A photo exhibition reflects on Indira Gandhi’s life through unpublished images The journalists who followed the female prime minister captured events that happened before and ...

Fernanda Espinosa Garces, an Ecuadorian national, is fourth woman president to assume this position. India's Vijayalakshmi Pandit was the first-ever woman president of the UNGA. The UN General ...

Mrs. Vijayalakshmi Pandit has resigned her membership of the Lok Sabha. She was returned in the last general election from the Phulpur constituency in Uttar Pradesh, which was represented earlier ...