Vijayalakshmi (विजयलक्ष्मी) combines the Sanskrit *vijaya* (victory) and *lakshmi*. **Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit (1900-1990)** — sister of Jawaharlal Nehru and aunt of Indira Gandhi — was the **first woman elected President of the United Nations General Assembly** (1953). **First Indian female cabinet minister** (UP, 1937). **First woman ambassador in modern world history** (Soviet Union, USA, UK, Ireland). India's first female High Commissioner.
Subject of Manju Kak's *Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit: A Biography*.
Vijayalakshmi reduces to eight — the number of first female UN GA President.