Who was the first woman Chief Minister of a State?

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Who was the first woman Chief Minister of a State?

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Polity

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SSC

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0,7,10,6,3,7,1

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{'first woman chief minister': [4, 0, 0, 0], 'vijaya lakshmi pandit': [0, 0, 1, 0], 'jayalalithaa': [1, 0, 0, 0], 'sarojininaidu': [2, 0, 0, 0], 'sucheta kripalani': [2, 0, 0, 0]}

The correct answer is option 3, Sucheta Kripalani. Sarojini Naidu, option 1, was a prominent independence activist and poet, but she served as the President of the Indian National Congress and the Governor of the United Provinces, not as a Chief Minister. Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit, option 2, was the sister of Jawaharlal Nehru and served as the Ambassador of India to various countries, but she was not a Chief Minister. Jayalalithaa, option 4, was indeed a Chief Minister, specifically of Tamil Nadu, but she was not the first woman Chief Minister of a state. Sucheta Kripalani, option 3, was the first woman to hold the position of Chief Minister in India. She served as the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh from 1963 to 1967.