< >
-----------------------------------------
*The first lady to become Miss World = Rita Faria
*The first woman judge in Supreme Court = Mrs. Meera Sahib Fatima Bibi
*The first woman Ambassador = Miss C.B. Muthamma
*The first woman Governor of a state in free India = Mrs Sarojini Naidu
*The first woman Speaker of a State Assembly = Shanno Devi
*The first woman Prime Minister = Mrs Indira Gandhi
*The first woman Minister in a Government = Rajkumari Amrit Kaur
*The first woman to climb Mount Everest = Bachhendri Pal
*The first woman to climb Mount Everest twice= Santosh Yadav
*First woman President of Indian National Congress= Mrs Annie Besant
*The first woman pilot in Indian Air Force = Harita Kaur Dayal
*The first woman Graduates = Kadambini Ganguly and Chandramukhi Basu, 1883
*The first woman Airline Pilot= Durba Banerjee
*The first woman Honours Graduate= Kamini Roy, 1886
*First woman Olympic medal Winner= Karnam Malleswari, 2000
*The first woman Asian Games Gold Medal Winner= Kamlijit Sandhu
*The first woman Lawyer= Cornelia Sorabjee
*The first woman President of United Nations General Assembly = Mrs Vijaya Laxmi Pandit
*First woman Chief Minister of an Indian State= Mrs Sucheta Kripalani
*The first woman Chairman of Union Public Service Commission= Roze Millian Bethew
*The first woman Director General of Police= Kanchan Chaudhary Bhattacharya
*The first woman Judge= Anna Chandy (She became judge in a district court in 1937)
*First woman Cheif Justice of High Court= Mrs Leela Seth (Himachal Pradesh High Court)
*First woman Judge in Supreme Court of India= Kumari Justice M. Fathima Beevi
*The first woman Lieutenant General= Puneeta Arora
*The first woman Air Vice Marshal= P. Bandopadhyaya
*First woman chairperson of Indian Airlines= Sushma Chawla
*The first woman IPS officer= Mrs. Kiran Bedi
*The first and last Muslim woman ruler of India= Razia Sultan
*The first woman to receive Ashoka Chakra= Nirja Bhanot
*The first woman to receive Jnanpith Award= Ashapurna Devi
*The first woman to cross English Channel= Aarti Saha
*The first woman to receive Nobel Prize= Mother Teresa
*The first woman to receive Bharat Ratna= Mrs Indira Gandhi
*The first woman to receive Jnanpith Award= Ashpurna Devi
0 Comments