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First Indian Woman Secretary General Of Rajya Sabha

V. S. Ramadevi (born 15 January, 1934) M.A, L.L.M, was the Chief Election Commissioner of India from November 26, 1990 to December 11, 1990. She was succeeded by T. N. Seshan. Later, she also served as the Governor of Himachal Pradesh from 26 July 1997 to 1 December 1999 and as the Governor of Karnataka from 02 December 1999 to 20 August 2002. The first woman Governor of Karnataka, V.S. Rama Devi, demitted office this evening, convinced that the Constitution did not envisage governors to be anything more than figureheads. She left office having established the reputation of being accessible to the people, though, like some of her predecessors, she avoided formal press conferences.  In her first and also the last interaction with presspersons as Governor this afternoon, Ms. Rama Devi said she was throughout conscious of the fact that it was the elected representatives of the people w...