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First Indian Woman
First Indian Woman Category Name President of India Pratibha Patil, 2007 Prime Minister of India Indira Gandhi, 1966 Central Minister in a governmen...
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| Category | Name |
| President of India | Pratibha Patil, 2007 |
| Prime Minister of India | Indira Gandhi, 1966 |
| Central Minister in a government | Rajkumari Amrit Kaur (1947-52) |
| Railway Minister of India | Mamata Banerjee (2009-2011) |
| Speaker of the Lok Sabha | Meira Kumar (2009-14) |
| Chairperson of Rajya Sabha | Violet Alva (1962-69) |
| 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 | Â Rukmini Devi Arundale ( 1920-1986) |
| Â Nobel Prize | Â Mother Teresa (1979) |
| Â Bharat Ratna | Â Indira Gandhi (1980) |
| Â Chief Justice of a High Court | Leila Seth, 1991 (Himachal Pradesh) |
| Â Supreme Court judge | Â Kumari Fathima Beevi (1989) |
| Â High Court Judge | Â Anna Chandy (1948) |
| Â Lawyer | Â Cornelia Sorabji, 1892 |
| Â Honours Graduate | Â Kamini Roy, 1886 |
| Â Graduates | Â Kadambini Ganguly and Chandramukhi Basu, 1883 |
| Â Doctorate of Science | Â Asima Chatterjee, 1944 |
| Director General of Police | Kanchan Chaudhary Bhattacharya, 1973 |
| Â IPS Officer | Kiran Bedi, 1972 |
| Â Â IAS officer | Â Anna Rajan George, 1950 |
| Â Indian National Congress President | Annie Besant,1917 |
| Chairperson of State Bank of India | Â Arundhati Bhattacharya, 2013 |
| Â Â Chairman of UPSC | Â Roze Millian Bethew |
| Â Airline Pilot | Â Durba Banerjee, 1956 |
| Â Chairperson of Indian Airlines | Â Sushma Chawla, 2005 |
| Â President of Indian Science Congress | Â Dr. Ashima Chatterjee |
| Â Woman Ambassador | Â C.B. Muthamma |
| Â Mount Everest | Â Bachendri Pal, 1984 |
| Â In space | Â Kalpana Chawla |
| Gold Medal in Asian Games | Â Kamaljeet Sandhu, 1970 |
| Â Magasasay Award | Â Kamladevi Chattopadhyay |
| Â Miss Universe | Â Sushmita Sen |
| Â Miss World | Rita Faria |
| Â To Climb Mount Everest twice | Â Santosh Yadav |
| Â Jnanpith Award | Ashapurna Devi |
| Â Sahitya Akademi Award | Amrita Pritam |
| Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna | Â Karnam Malleswari |
| Â Olympic Medal | Â Karnam Malleswari |
| Â WTA Title | Â Sania Mirza |
| Â Lieutenent General | Puneeta Arora |
| Â Vice admiral of Indian Navy | Â Puneeta Arora |
| Â Ashoka Chakra | Â Nirja Bhanot |
| Commercial Pilot | Â Prem Mathur |
| Â Woman to qualify for Olympic Games | Sini Abrahim |
| Â Cross Gobi Desert | Sucheta Kadethankar |
| Â Â Pilot in Indian Air Force | Harita Kaur Deol |
| Grand Slam junior title | Sania Mirza, 2003 Wimbledon Championships |
| Â Chess Grandmaster | Â Koneru Humpy, 2002 |
| Â Â Member of Legion of Honour | Â Asha Pande |
| Â Monarch of Delhi Sultanate | Â Razia Sultan |
| Â To cross English Channel | Â Aarti Saha |
| Â Â Physician | Â Kadambini Ganguly |
| President of the UN General Assembly | Â Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit, 1953 |
| Â Air Vice Marshal | Â Padmavathy Bandopadhyay |
| Head a Navratna PSU company | Â Nishi Vasudeva |
| External Affairs Minister | Sushma Swaraj |
| Â Women's Doubles Grand Slam trophy | Â Sania Mirza |
| Â Â Gymnast to qualify for Olympics | Â Dipa Karmakar |
| Boxer to win an Olympic Medal | MC Mary Kom |
| Â Shuttler to win an Olympic Medal | Saina Nehwal, 2015 |
| Â Wrestler to win an Olympic Medal | Sakshi Malik, 2016 |
| Â Athlete to reach the final of a track event at the Olympics | Â Lalita Babar, 2016 |