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Quote by Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit

“Education was not merely a means for earning a living or an instrument for the acquisition of wealth. It was an initiation into the life of spirit, a training of the human soul in the pursuit of truth and the practice of virtue.”

Quote by Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit

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Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit

Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit was an Indian diplomat and the first woman to serve as a cabinet minister in independent India. She was a prominent figure in the Indian independence movement and later became the first female Foreign Minister of India. Born on August 18, 1900, Pandit passed away on December 1, 1990. more

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