List of first Indian Women

 List of first Indian Women

• President of India ----------- Pratibha Patil, 2007• Prime Minister of India ----------- Indira Gandhi, 1966• Central Minister in a government ----------- Rajkumari Amrit Kaur• Railway Minister of India ----------- Mamata Banerjee• Speaker of the Lok Sabha ----------- Meira Kumar• Chairperson of Rajya Sabha ----------- Violet Alva• Governor ----------- Sarojini Naidu, Uttar Pradesh (1947–1949)• Chief Minister ----------- Sucheta Kripalani, Uttar Pradesh (1963–1967)• Speaker of State Assembly ----------- Mrs. Shano Devi• Nominated member of the Rajya Sabha ----------- Rukmini Devi Arundale• Nobel Prize ----------- Mother Teresa• Bharat Ratna ----------- Indira Gandhi• Chief Justice of a High Court ----------- Leila Seth, 1991 (Himachal Pradesh)• Supreme Court judge ----------- Kumari Fathima Beevi• High Court Judge ----------- Anna Chandy• Lawyer ----------- Cornelia Sorabji, 1892• Honours Graduate ----------- Kamini Roy, 1886• Graduates ----------- Kadambini Ganguly and Chandramukhi Basu, 1883• Doctorate of Science ----------- Asima Chatterjee, 1944• Director General of Police ----------- Kanchan Chaudhary Bhattacharya• IPS Officer ----------- Kiran Bedi• IAS officer ----------- Anna Rajan George, 1950• Indian National Congress President ----------- Annie Besant• Chairperson of State Bank of India ----------- Arundhati Bhattacharya• Chairman of UPSC ----------- Roze Millian Bethew• Chairperson of Indian Airlines ----------- Sushma Chawla• President of Indian Science Congress ----------- Dr. Ashima Chatterjee• Woman Ambassador ----------- C.B. Muthamma• Mount Everest ----------- Bachendri Pal, 1984• In space ----------- Kalpana Chawla• Airline Pilot ----------- Durba Banerjee• Gold Medal in Asian Games ----------- Kamaljeet Sandhu, 1970• Magasasay Award ----------- Kamladevi Chattopadhyay• Miss Universe ----------- Sushmita Sen • Miss World ----------- Rita Faria• To Climb Mount Everest twice ----------- Santosh Yadav• Jnanpith Award ----------- Ashapurna Devi• Booker Prize ----------- Arundhati Roy• Sahitya Akademi Award ----------- Amrita Pritam• Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna ----------- Karnam Malleswari• Olympic Medal ----------- Karnam Malleswari• WTA Title ----------- Sania Mirza• Lieutenent General ----------- Puneeta Arora• Vice admiral of Indian Navy ----------- Puneeta Arora• Ashoka Chakra ----------- Nirja Bhanot• Commercial Pilot ----------- Prem Mathur• Woman to qualify for Olympic Games ----------- Sini Abrahim• Cross Gobi Desert ----------- Sucheta Kadethankar• Pilot in Indian Air Force ----------- Harita Kaur Deol• Grand Slam junior title ----------- Sania Mirza, 2003 Wimbledon Championships• Chess Grandmaster ----------- Koneru Humpy, 2002• Member of Legion of Honour ----------- Asha Pande• Monarch of Delhi Sultanate ----------- Razia Sultan• To cross English Channel ----------- Aarti Saha• Physician ----------- Kadambini Ganguly• President of the UN General Assembly ----------- Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit, 1953• Air Vice Marshal ----------- Padmavathy Bandopadhyay• Head a Navratna PSU company ----------- Nishi Vasudeva• External Affairs Minister ----------- Sushma Swaraj• Women's Doubles Grand Slam trophy ----------- Sania Mirza• Gymnast to qualify for Olympics ----------- Dipa Karmakar• Boxer to win an Olympic Medal ----------- MC Mary Kom• Shuttler to win an Olympic Medal ----------- Saina Nehwal• Wrestler to win an Olympic Medal ----------- Sakshi Malik• Athlete to reach the final of a track event at the Olympics ----------- Lalita Babar x
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