Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
A commemorative postage stamp on Vijay Laxmi Pandit, first woman President of the United Nations General Assembly (UNO), sister of Jawaharlal Nehru (part of Great Leaders : Social and Political Series) :
Issued by India
Issued on Aug 15, 2000
Issued for : This year India celebrates 50 years of its Republic status. During the struggle for freedom, and in independent India leaders with rare insight and broad vision played catalystic roles in the process of national awakening, and building up of the nation as per the provisions of the Constitution of India, to expedite the process of socio-economic empowerment of the weaker and deprived sections of society. The Department of Post issues a set of stamps to honour the memory of four such personalities who have made notable contributions : Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit, R. Srinivasan, Jaglal Choudhary and Radha Gobinda Baruah.
Type :Â Stamp, Mint Condition
Colour : Four Colour
Denomination : 300 Paise
Overall size : 2.9 x 3.9 Cms.
Printing Size : 2.9 x 3.9 Cms.
Perforation : 13.5 x 13.5
Paper : Matt Chromo
Stamps Printed :Â 0.4 million each
Number per issue sheet :Â 40
Printing Process :Â Photo Offset
Printer : Calcutta Security Printers Ltd.
Name : Swarup Nehru
Born on Aug 18, 1900 at Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India
Died on Dec 1, 1990 at Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India
About :Â
- Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit (1900-1990), the younger sister of Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of independent India, was the first woman to be elected President of the U.N. General Assembly (1953-54). As a child she was deeply influenced by the history of Rani Lakshmi Bai of Jhansi and thereafter by the example of Sarojini Naidu, who had championed the cause of women as early as in 1917. She joined the National Movement under the inspiration of Mahatma Gandhi. Her involvement in the National Movement was total and she was sentenced to imprisonment in 1932 as well as 1940. She served as the Ambassador of India to the USSR, USA, Mexico, Ireland and Spain as well as India‘s High Commissioner to the UK. She was elected to the Lok Sabha in 1952 and 1964 and was Governor of Maharashtra during 1962-64. Shri K.R. Narayanan, President, Republic of India has described her contribution thus: “as an articulate President of United Nations General Assembly, she brought credit not only to India, but to the decolonized world and to womankind“.
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