First Woman in India
Prime-Minister—Indira Gandhi
Woman (India and World) who crossed English Channel through Swimming—Arti Shah
Governor—Sarojini Naidu (U. P.)
I. P. S.—Kiran Bedi
President of National Congress—Anne Besant
Chairman of the Union Public Service Commission—Rose-William Baithu
Winner of Nobel Prize—Mother Teresa (for peace)
Awardee of Miss World—Reeta Farhia
Awardee of Miss Universe—Sushmita Sen
Mayer—Tara Charian (Madras-1957)
Minister in Central Cabinet—Rajkumari Amrit Kaur
Chief Minister—Sucheta Kriplani
Parliamentrian—Radhabai Subbarayan (1938)
Judge of Supreme Court—Justice Meera Sahaib Fatima Bibi
Chief Justice of High Court—Justice Leela Seth (Himachal Pradesh)
Session Judge of the Counting—Anna Chandi (Kerala)
Mountaineer who climbed (Conquered) the Mt. Everest—Bacchendri Pal
Awardee of Norman Barlog Prize—Dr. Amrita Patil
Literature who was awarded the Sahitya Akademi award—Amrita Pritam (1956)
Honoured with ‘Bharat Ratna’—Indira Gandhi
Awardee of Lenin peace award—Aruna Asaf Ali
Awardee of Jananpith Purshkar—Asha Purna Devi (1976)
Woman who reached ‘Antarctica’—Mahel Musa (1977)
Woman who reached the North Pole—Pritisu Gupta (1993)
Woman who travelled All round the world—Ujjawala Patil (1988) by Boat
Chief Engineer—P. K. Tresia Naguli
Pilot—Flying Officer Sushma Mukhopaddhyaya
Air Lines Pilot—Capt. Durga Banerjee
Commander of Boeing 737 Plane—Capt. Saudamini Deshmukh
Paratrooper of Indian Air Force—Geeta Ghosh
I. A. S.—Auna George Malhotra
First television news broadcaster—Pratima Puri
Participated in mustic programme of U.N.O.—M. S. Subbuluxmi (1966)
Woman participated in Olympic games—Meri Lila Row (1952)
Woman who won the medal in Olympic games—Malleshwari (weight lifting—Sydney)
Woman who won the Gold Medal in Asian games—Kamaljeet Sidhu (1970, 400 metre)
Woman who won the medal in Commonwealth games—Anil Ghiya and Kawal Thakur Singh (woman Doubles Badminton, 1978)
Medal winner in International Athletic Championship—Anju B. George (2003 Paris)
Grandmaster winner in Chess—Bhagiya Sri Thispey (1988)
One hundred wicket taker in International Cricket—Indulgi (1986)
Awardee of Arjun Purskar—N. Lamsden (Hockey, 1961)
Woman who made hat-trick in football—Youlandade-Suza (1978)
Awardee of Ashok Chakra—Neerja Bhanot (Posthumously)
Awardee of Sena Medal—Vimla Devi (1988)
Degree of graduation—Kadambni Ganguly (Bose) and Chandramukhi Bose (Kolkata University, 1883)
Awardee of B. E. degree—Ella-Majumdar (1951)
M.B.B.S. Degree awardee—Vidhumuti Bose and Virginia Mitter (Kolkata Medical College)
First Surgeon—Dr. Prema Mukherjee
Deputy Governor of Reserve Bank—K. J. Udesi (2003)
Chairman of NABARD—Ranjana Kumar
D. I. G. (Police)—Kanchan Chaudhry Bhattacharya
Lieutenant General—Punita Arora
Chairman of Indian Air lines—Shushma Chawla
Barrister—Cornonia Sorabji (Allahabad High Court-1923)
Advocate—Regina Guha
Ambassador—Vijayalaxmi Pandit (U.S.S.R.-1947)
Woman who crossed over Gibralter Strait by Swimming—Arati Pradhan
World Record in Powerlifting—Sumita Laha (1989)
Represented the nation in all three games (Cricket, Hockey and Basketball)—Shrin Khushro Kiyasa
First Commercial test Pilot of the world—Capt. Surun Darsi and Capt. Rose Lopar
Pilot of Indian Air Force—Harita Daoel
Twice scaled the Mt. Everest—Santosh Yadav
Ramon Magsaysay Prize awardee—Kiran Bedi
Heroin awarded Dada Sahaib Phalke Prize—Devika Rani Rorik
Youngest woman who scaled the Mt. Everest twice—Decky Dolma
Scientist who was awarded Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar award—Ashima Chatterjee
Foreign Secretary—Chokila Ayyar
First Chief Secretary of the Country—Nirmla Buch
First Space traveller—Kalpana Chawla
Joint Director of C.B.I.—Archana Sunder Lingam
Winner of Murti Devi Prize—Pratibha Rai
Woman Contested the Presidential election—Capt. Laxmi Sahgal
Air Vice-Marshal and Air-Marshal in Indian Air Force—P. Bondyopaddhyay
Non-military Police Advisor in U.N.O.—Kiran Bedi
Revenue Secretary—Vinita Rai
Referee in Boxing—Rajia Sabnam
First woman of Indian origin who stayed for the longest time in space—Sunita William
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