First Indian Women
First Indian Woman
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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