In ‘Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit’, Manu Baghavan provides a throughly researched account of Jawaharlal Nehru’s sister and how her story is intertwined with that of India.

I lost my mother on 15 January. Her notebooks revealed to me the restless often tortured quest that Indian women embarked on to find voice, visibility and equality.

At 34 years old, she was one of the youngest and the ... which presented the first Indian flag to the Constituent Assembly. Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit was born Swarup Kumari ...

Among the honorees is Libia Lobo Sardesai, a 100-year-old freedom fighter from Goa, who played a pivotal role in Goa’s liberation movement. In 1955, she co-founded an underground radio station ...

The Gorkha community were represented by Bahadur Gurung and some of the important women members were Sarojini Naidu, Durgabai Deshmukh, Rajkumari Amrit Kaur and Vijayalakshmi Pandit.

And with these, we strive to inspire any person who has dared to dream and live. Freedom is not for the timid. - Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit, the first female president of the United Nations General ...

Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit was an Indian diplomat and politician who became ... Durgabai Deshmukh was 12 years old when she participated in the Non-Cooperation movement led by Gandhi in 1920. In 1936, she ...

They took on prominent roles in the newly independent democratic country. Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit scaled heights in diplomacy. Amrit Kaur was the first woman to be a Union minister. As health ...

Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit, Sucheta Kripalani, Purnima Banerji, Begum Aizaz Rasul and Kamla Chaudhry were from the United Provinces. Banerji was a steadfast communist and trade union leader.

Jan 24, 2025The Army will induct an advanced indigenous battlefield surveillance system (BSS) from March, integrating ground and aerial sensor inputs to create a common operational picture ...