Question: Which Indian women have been named in the Time magazine’s list of 100 women of the Year?
(a) Indira Gandhi and Vijya Laxmi Pandit
(b) Suneeta Williams and Kalpna Chawla
(c) Indira Gandhi and Amrit Kaur
(d) Sarojani Naidu and Indira Gandhi
Answer: (c)
Related facts:
- Former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and freedom fighter Amrit Kaur were named in the TIME magzine’s 100 Most Powerful Women List.
- TIME magzine named Amrit Kaur as Women of the Year for 1947 and Indira Gandhi for 1976 .
- TIME magzine is an American weekly news magazine establised in 1923.
- Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi was an Indian politician and a leader of the Indian National Congress.. She was the first and only female Prime Minister of India. Indira Gandhi was the daughter of Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of India.
- Rajkumari Bibiji Amrit Kaur was an Indian freedom fighter and politician. She was first Health Minister (1947-1957 ) of India . Amrit Kaur was also a member of the Indian Constituent Assembly. Amrit Kaur was also secretary of Mahatma Gandhi.
Link:
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/indira-gandhi-amrit-kaur-named-by-time-among-100-women-of-the-year/articleshow/74498165.cms
https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/explained-amrit-kaur-time-magazine-power-women-100-list-6302654/