General Knowledge : First Female In India

1.The first lady to become Miss World - Rita Faria

2.The first woman judge in Supreme Court - Mrs. Meera Sahib Fatima Bibi 

3.The first woman Ambassador - Miss C.B. Muthamma

4.The first woman Governor of a state in free India - Mrs Sarojini Naidu

5.The first woman Speaker of a State Assembly - Shanno Devi

6.The first woman Prime Minister - Mrs Indira Gandhi

7.The first woman Minister in a Government - Rajkumari Amrit Kaur

8.The first woman to climb Mount Everest - Bachhendri Pal

9.The first woman to climb Mount Everest twice - Santosh Yadav

10.The first woman President of Indian National Congress - Mrs Annie Besant

11.The first woman pilot in Indian Air Force - Harita Kaur Dayal

12.The first woman Graduates - Kadambini Ganguly and Chandramukhi Basu, 1883  

13.The first woman Airline Pilot - Durba Banerjee

14.The first woman Honours Graduate - Kamini Roy, 1886

15.The first woman Olympic medal Winner - Karnam Malleswari, 2000

16.The first woman Asian Games Gold Medal Winner- Kamlijit Sandhu

17.The first woman Lawyer - Cornelia Sorabjee  

18.The first woman President of United Nations General Assembly - Mrs Vijaya Laxmi Pandit

19.The first woman Chief Minister of an Indian State - Mrs Sucheta Kripalani

20.The first woman Chairman of Union Public Service Commission - Roze Millian Bethew

21.The first woman Director General of Police - Kanchan Chaudhary Bhattacharya

22.The first woman Judge - Anna Chandy (She became judge in a district court in 1937)

23.The first woman Cheif Justice of High Court - Mrs Leela Seth (Himachal Pradesh High Court)

24.The first woman Judge in Supreme Court of India - Kumari Justice M. Fathima Beevi

25.The first woman Lieutenant General - Puneeta Arora

26.The first woman Air Vice Marshal - P. Bandopadhyaya

27.The first woman chairperson of Indian Airlines - Sushma Chawla

28.The first woman IPS officer - Mrs. Kiran Bedi

29.The first and last Muslim woman ruler of India - Razia Sultan

30.The first woman to receive Ashoka Chakra - Nirja Bhanot

31.The first woman to receive Jnanpith Award - Ashapurna Devi

32.The first woman to cross English Channel - Aarti Saha

33.The first woman to receive Nobel Prize - Mother Teresa

34.The first woman to receive Bharat Ratna - Mrs Indira Gandhi

35.The first woman to receive Jnanpith Award - Ashpurna Devi

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