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Who was the first woman to hold a cabinet portfolio in independent India, serving as Minister of Education?

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Indira Gandhi

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Rajkumari Amrit Kaur was the first woman to hold a cabinet position in independent India, serving as the Health Minister from 1947 to 1957.

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