NEW DELHI, (IANS) – The origins of the fragile relationship between Jawaharlal Nehru’s sister, Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit, and her niece, Indira Gandhi, which ended with the aunt becoming one of ...

Mrs. Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit, the chief delegate of India. Born in 1900 of one of the most prominent families in the country, her father was a former President of the Indian National Congress and ...

New Delhi: Syed Hossain and Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit’s love affair was a major source of tension for Motilal Nehru. He had to call Mahatma Gandhi to convince the couple to part ways. The eloping ...

In 1953, the United Nations elected India’s Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit as the 8th President of the General Assembly, the first woman elected to the role. A prominent politician and active Indian ...