- Vijaya Lakshmi Nehru Pandit (18 August 1900 – 1 December 1990) , the sister of Jawaharlal Nehru, was an Indian diplomat and politician.
- She was the first Indian woman to hold a cabinet post.
- In 1937 she was elected to the provincial legislature of the United Provinces and was designated minister of local self-government and public health. She held the latter post until 1939 and again from 1946 to 1947.
- In 1946 she was elected to the Constituent Assembly from the United Provinces.
