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 ...

Vijayalakshmi Pandit was Pandit Jawahrlal Nehru’s younger sister, and aunt of Indira Gandhi. She was born in Allahabad to Motilal Nehru and Swaruprani Thussu on August 18, 1900. An Indian ...

India's Vijayalakshmi Pandit was the first-ever woman president ... Assembly President-elect Maria Fernanda Espinosa Garces (Photo source: Twitter/@MEAIndia) Garces' meeting with Swaraj comes ...

Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru lights up a cigarette, receives his sister Vijayalakshmi Pandit at the ... I was paid one rupee for each photo," recalls Vyarawalla, who was introduced to photography ...

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 ...

CHENNAI: Superintendent of the Special Prison for Women in Puzhal T Vijayalakshmi Pandit has moved the Madras High Court for a direction to the authorities concerned to promote her as the Deputy ...

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 ...