First Woman in India

First Woman in India

1. President of Republic of India- Smt. Pratibha Patil
2. Prime Minister-Indira Gandhi
3. Woman (India and World) who crossed English Channel through Swimming- Arti Shah
4. Governor-Sarojini Naidu (U.P)
5. I.P.S- Kiran Bedi
6. President of National Congress- Anne Besant
7. Channel of the Union Public Service Commission- Rose William Baithu
8. Winner of Noble Prize- Mother Teresa (for peace)
9. Awardee of Miss World- Rita Faria
10. Awardee of Miss Universe- Sushmita Sen
11. Mayor- Tara Charian [Madras (Now Chennai) 1957
12. Minister in Central Cabinet- Rajkumari Amrit Kaur
13. Chief Minister- Sucheta Kriplani
14. Parliamentarian- Radhhabai Subbarayan (1938)
15. Judge of Supreme Court-Justice Meera Sahaib Fatima Bibi
16. Chief Justice of High Court- Justice Leela Seth (Himachal Pradesh)
17. Session Judge of the Country- Annu Chandi (Kerala)
18. Mountaineer who climbed (Conquered) the Mt. Everest- Bacchendri Pal
19. Awardee of Norman Borlaug Prize- Dr. Amrita Patil
20. Literature who was awarded the Sahitya Akademi award- Amrita Pritam (1956)
21. Honoured with ‘Bharat Ratna’-Indira Gandhi
22. Awardee of Lenin Peace award- Aruna Asaf Ali
23. Awardee of Gayanpeeth Puraskar- Asha Purna Devi (1976)
24. Woman who reached ‘Antarctica’- Mahel Musa (1977)
25. Women who reached to North Pole- Pritisu Gupta (1993)
26. Woman who travelled Allround the World-Ujjawala Patil (1988) by Boat
27. Chief Engineer- P.K. Tresia Naguli
28. Pilot- Flying Officer Sushma Mukhopaddhyaya
29. Air Lines Pilot- Capt. Durga Banejee
30. Commander of Boeing 737 Plane-Capt. Saudamini Deshmukh
31. Paratrooper of Indian Air Force- Geeta Ghosh
32. I.A.S. – Auna George Malhotra
33. First television news broadcaster-Pratima Puri
34. Participated in mustic Programme of U.N.O.-M.S. Subbuluxmi (1966)
35. Woman Participated in Olympic games- Meri Lila Row (1952)
36. Woman who won the medal in Olympic games-Malleshwari (Weightlifting-Sydney)
37. Woman who won the Gold Medal in Asian games- Kamalijeet Sidhu (1970, 400 metre)
38. Woman who won the medal in Commonwealth games- Anil Ghiya and Kawal Thakur Singh (woman Doubles Badminton, 1978)
39. Medal winner in International Athletic Championship-Anju B. George (2003Paris)
40. Grandmaster winner in Chess- Bhagiya Sri Thipsey (1988)
41. One hundred Wicket taker in International Woman Cricket- Indulgi (1986)
42. Awardee of Arjun Puraskar-N. Lamsden (Hockey, 1961)
43. Woman who made hat-trick in football- Youlanda-de-suza (1978)
44. Awardee of Ashok Chakra- Neerja Bhanot (Posthumously)
45. Awardee of Sena Medal- Vimla Devi (1988)
46. Degree of graduation- Kadambni Ganguly (Bose) and Chandramukhi Bose (Kolkata University, 1883)
47. Awardee of B.E. degree- Ella-Majumdar (1951)
48. M.B.B.S. Degree awardee- Vidhumuti Bose and Virginia Mitter (Kolkata Medical College)
49. First Surgeon-Dr. Prema Mukherjee
50. Deputy Governor of Reserve Bank- K.J. Udesi (2003)
51. Chairman of NABARD-Ranjana Arora
52. D.I.G. (Police) Kanchan Chaudhry Bhattacharya
53. Lieutenant General- Punita Arora
54. Chairman of Indian Air Lines- Shushma Chawla
55. Barrister- Cornonia Sorabji (Allahabad High Court- 1923)
56. Advocate – Ragina Guha
57. Ambassador- Vijayalaxmi Pandit (U.S.S.R- 1947)
58. Woman who crossed over Gibralter Strait by Swimming- Arati Pradhan
59. World Record in Power-lifting- Sumita Laha (1989)
60. Represented the nation in all three games (Cricket, Hockey and Basketball)-Shrin Khushro Kiyasa
61. First Commercial test pilot of the world- Capt. Surun Darsi and Capt. Rose Lopar
62. Pilot of Indian Air Force-Harita Daoel
63. Twice scaled the Mt.Everest- Santosh Yadav
64. Ramon Magsaysay Prize awardee- Kiran Bedi
65. Heroin awarded Dada Sahaib Phalke Prize- Devika Rani Rorik
66. Youngest woman who scaled the Mt.Everest twice- Decky Dolma
67. Scientist who was awarded Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar award- Ashima Chatterjee
68. Foreign Secretary-Chokila Ayyar
69. First Chief Secretary of the Country- Nirmla Buch
70. First Space traveler- Kalpana Chawla
71. Joint Director of C.B.I- Archana Sunder Lingam
72. Winner of Murti Devi Prize- Pratibha Rai
73. Woman contested the Presidential election- Capt. Laxmi Sahgal
74. Air Vice-Marshal and Air-Marshal in Indian Air Force-P. Bandyopadhyay
75. Non military Police Advisor in U.N.O.-Kiran Bedi
76. Revenue Secretary- Vinita Rani
78. Referee in Boxing-Rajia Sabnam
79. First Woman of Indian origin who stayed for the longest time in space-Sunita William