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First in India (Females)

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First in India (Females)

List of persons (females) who were the first in India to receive various awards, achievements and handle various office is given below :

First woman Prime Minister Indira Gandhi
First woman minister in Government Rajkumari Amrit Kaur
First woman Judge in Supreme Court Fathima Beevi
First woman Chief Justice of High Court Leela Seth
First woman lawyer to appear before a High Court in India and first to preside over the Rajya Sabha Violet Alva
First woman President of United Nations General Assembly Vijaya Laxmi Pandit
First woman Chief Minister of an Indian state Sucheta Kripalani
First woman Governor of a State in free India Sarojini Naidu
First woman Chairman of Union Public Service Commission(UPSC) Rose Millian Bethew
First woman Director General of Police Kanchan C Bhattacharya
First woman IPS Officer Kiran Bedi
First woman President of Indian National Congress Annie Besant
First woman Judge Anna Chandy
First woman Barrister Cornelia Sorabjee
First woman Honours Graduate Kamini Roy
First woman Chairperson of Indian Airlines Sushma Chawla
First woman to receive Nobel Prize Mother Teresa
First woman Airline pilot Durga Banerjee
First woman to receive Bharat Ratna Indira Gandhi
First woman to receive Jnanpith Award Ashapurna Devi
First woman to receive Ashoka Chakra Neerja Bhanot
First woman Asian games Gold medal winner Kamaljit Sandhu
First woman Olympic medal winner Karnam Malleswari
First woman to climb Mount Everest Bachendri Pal
First woman to climb Mount Everest twice Santosh Yadav
First woman to cross English channel Aarti Saha
First woman Doctor Kadambini Ganguly
First Test Tube Baby Durga (Kanupriya Agarwal, 1978)
First woman to participate in Olympics N. Polley (1924, Tennis)
First woman Chief Election Commissioner of India V.S. Ramadevi (1990)
First woman Speaker of Lok Sabha Meira Kumar (2009)
First woman to win Wimbledon Sania Mirza
First woman to go into Space Kalpana Chawla
First woman to win Silver in Olympics PV Sindhu
First woman wrestler to win Olympic medal Sakshi Malik
First woman President Pratibha Patil
First woman fighter to fly a fighter jet Avani Chaturvedi
First Indian naval woman pilot Shubhangi Swaroop
First Indian to win Gold medal on International track Hima Das
First woman Flight engineer Hina Jaiswal
First military diplomat posted at Indian Missions abroad Wing Commander Anjali Singh

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