List of Firsts (Female) associated with India
India’s First Woman President | Pratiba Patil |
India’s First Woman Prime Minister | Indira Gandhi |
India’s First Woman Governor | Sarojini Naidu |
India’s First Woman IPS Officer | Kiran Bedi |
First Woman Chief Minister of State | Sucheta Kripalani |
First Woman Union Minister | Rajkumari Amrita Kaur |
First Woman President of INC | Annie Besant |
First Woman Judge of Supreme Court | Meera Sahib Fatima Bibi |
First Woman to get Ashok Chakra | Nirja Bhanot |
First Indian Woman Ambassador at UN | Vijalakshmi Pandit |
First Indian Woman to get Nobel Prize | Mother Terasa |
First Indian Woman to swim across English Channel | Arati Saha |
First Indian Woman to climb Mt Everest | Bachendri Pal |
First Indian Woman to become Miss World | Miss Reita Faria |
First Indian Woman to climb Mt Everest twice | Santhosh Yadhav |
First Indian Woman to become Miss Universe | Susmita Sen |
First Indian Woman to get Bharat Ratna | Indira Gandhi |
First Indian Woman to get Jnanpith Award | Ashapurna Devi |
First Indian Woman to win WTA Title | Sania Mirza |
First Indian Woman Airline Pilot | Durga Banerjee |
First Indian Woman to win Gold in Asian Games | Kamaljeet Sandhu |
First Indian Woman President of INC | Sarojini Naidu |
First Indian Woman to Booker Prize | Arundhati Roy |
First Woman Musician to get Bharat Ratna | MS Subbalakshmi |
First Indian Woman to go to space | Kalpana Chawla |
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