Which Indian leader represented Kashmir for the first time at the United Nations Security Council:

The correct answer is Jawaharlal Nehru because as India's first Prime Minister, he personally directed the diplomatic strategy and took the Kashmir issue to the United Nations in January 1948.

• Step 1 (International Appeal): Following the outbreak of the 1947 conflict, Prime Minister Nehru officially referred the Kashmir dispute to the United Nations Security Council under Chapter VI of the UN Charter.


• Step 2 (The Delegation): While he stayed in New Delhi to manage the government and appointed N. Gopalaswami Ayyangar to physically lead the delegation team in New York, the diplomatic representation was executed entirely under Nehru's direct executive authority and name.


• Incorrect Options:
  
  
  
  • Narendra Modi is incorrect because he is a modern Prime Minister serving decades after these initial UN sessions.
  
  
  • Khawaja Nazimuddin is incorrect because he was a prominent leader of Pakistan who served as its second Governor-General and later Prime Minister.
  
  
  • N. Gopalaswami Ayyangar is a common trap; he was the head diplomat who physically presented the arguments, but he acted as a representative under Nehru's primary leadership.