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FIRST IN INDIA (FEMALE)

 Suresh  December 18, 2014  All Related to India  14 Comments

General knowledge list of Indian female personalities known as First for their great achievements and unique things they did in their life.

The first women police station was inaugurated by Smt. Indira Gandhi on Oct. 23, 1973 at Kozhikode city of Kerala. It is also the first women police station in Asia. In recent, first Women Post office was inaugurated at Shastri Bhawan, New Delhi in India on March 11,  2013 and an all-female bank staff branch inaugurated Women’s only bank in Mumbai on Nov. 19, 2013.

First in India (Female)

India’s first woman president	Smt. Pratibha Patil
India’s first woman Prime Minister	Smt. Indira Gandhi
India’s first woman governor	Sarojini Naidu
India’s first woman ruler (On Delhi’s throne)	Razia Sultan(1236-1240)
India’s first woman I.P.S. Officer	Kiran Bedi
India’s first woman I.A.S. Officer	Anna Gorge (Malhotra)
First woman Chief Minister of a state	Sucheta Kripalani(U.P)
First woman Union Minister	Rajkumari Amrita Kaur
First woman president of INC	Annie Besant
First woman Judge of the Suprime Court	Meera Sahib Fatima Bibi
First woman to climb on Mount Everest twice in the youngest age	Dicky Dolma
First woman to climb on Mount Everest twice	Sontosh Yadav
First woman to get Ashok Chakra	Nirja Mishra(after death)
First woman to get the Raman magsaysay prize for public service	Kiran Bedi
First Indian woman Ambassador at United Nations	Vijayalakshmi Pandit
First woman Union Minister	Amrut Kuar(1947)
First woman Bank Manager (Syndicate bank, Bangalore)	Shanta Kumar (1962)
First woman News reader on ‘Door Darsan’	Pratima Puri
First woman to perform in United Nations Organization	M.S. Subbulakshmi (1966)
First woman to win Gold in World Cup Shooting	Heena Didhu(2013)
First woman to participate in Olympic Games	Merry Lila Ro
First woman kabaddi coach to win Dronacharya Award	Sunil Dabas(2012)
First woman to win bronze medal in boxing in Olympic Games	M.C.Merry Kom(2012)
First woman to win bronze medal in badminton in Olympic Games	Saina Nehwal (2012)
First woman to win gold medal in Asian Games (race-400m)	Kamaljeet Sandhu (1970)
First woman World Boxing Champion for five times	M.C. Merry Kom
First woman to win International Grand Master prize in chess	Bhagyashree Thipse
First woman awarded by ‘Arjuna Prize’	N. Lamsaden (Hockey, 1961)
First woman to make Hat trick in International Football	Yolanda Deesuza
First woman to get 100 wickets in International woman cricket	Diana Edulagee (1986)
First woman to make world record in Power lifting	Sumita Saha (1989)
First and only woman to participate in three games (Cricket, Hockey and Basketball)	Shirine Khusaro Kiyash
First woman to win bronze medal in Common Wealth Games	Ami Ghiya-Kanwal Thakur Singh, (Badminton, 1978)
First woman Chairperson of Indian Science Congress	Dr. Aashima Chatarjee
First woman Director General of Police	Kanchan Chaudhary Bhattacharya
First woman Finger print specialist	Sita varathambal and bhragathambal (sisters)
First woman commissioner of custom and central excise	Kaushalya Narayan(1970)
First woman editor of first woman’s magazine	Kamla Swaminathan (Indian Ladies magazine, 1901)
First woman chairperson of the U.P.S.C.	Rose Million Bethews
First woman Director general of Indian Medical Research Commission	G. V. Satyavati
First Indian woman to swim across the English Channel	Miss Arati Saha (now Mrs. Arati Gupta)
First woman to reach Antarctica as a member of Antarctica Campaign Team	Dr. Aditi Pant (1983)
First woman to live most days on Antarctica	Dr. Kawal Sandhu (472 days)
First woman to reach Antarctica	Mehar Musa (1977)
First woman to reach north pole	Preeti Sen Gupta (1993)
First woman to complete the round of world by a boat	Ujjavala Patil (1988)
First woman to win International Swimming Marathon	Archana Bharat Kumar Patel (1988)
First woman to cross Gibraltar Strait to swim	Aarti Pradhan (1988)
First woman pilot in world to fly Airbus	Capt. Durwa Banerjee
First woman to fly plane lonely of Indian air force	Harita Deol
First woman commander in Boeing-737 airplane	Capt. Saudamini Deshmukh
First woman Aircraft maintenance engineer in Indian airlines	Bhuwan Shree Gautam
First woman Paratrooper in Indian Air force	Neeta Ghosh (1959)
First woman Major General in Indian Army	G. M. Ram
First woman to get ‘Shourya Chakra’	Galeriya Beri (after death)
First woman to get Military Medal	Vimla Devi (1988)
First woman pilot to fly the plane of Indian air force	Harita Deol
First woman M.P. in central legislative	Radhabai Subairan (1938)
First woman member in legislative assembly(Madras)	Dr. S. Muthulakshmi Reddy
First woman Deputy Chairperson of legislative assembly	Smt. Shanno Devi
First woman mayor of a city (Madras)	Tara Cherian (1957)
First woman mayor to be in a least age	Panchmarthi Anuradha (26)
First woman English writer in India	Toaru Dutt
First woman Surgeon	Dr. Prema Mukharjee
First woman Barrister (1923, Allahabad High Court)	Kornoliya Sorabaji
First woman Advocate	Regina Guhaa
First woman Ambassador	Vijay Laxmi Pandit(1947, Russia)
First woman to be Graduate (B.A.)	Kadambini Ganguly, Chandramukhi Basu (kolkata)
First woman M.M.B.S. (1889, Kolkata Medical Collage)	Vadhumukhi Bose, Virginiya Mitter
First woman Chief Engineer	P.K. Tresiya Ganguly
First woman rail engine driver	Surekha Shankar Yadav
First woman metro train driver	Meenakshi Sharma
First woman cricket coach	Sunita Sharma
First woman Circus player	Abda Bai Payrulakar
First woman awarded by ‘Arjuna Prize’	N. Lamsaden (Hockey, 1961)
First woman to win Norman Borlogue Prize	Dr. Amruta Patel (1992)
First woman to win ‘Shahitya Academic Prize	Amruta Preetam (1956)
First woman to win Lenin Peace Prize	Aruna Aasif Ali
First woman to win ‘Shati Swaroop Bhatnagar’ Prize	Aashima Chatarjee
First woman Chairperson of National Woman Commission	Smt. Jayanti Patnayak (1992)
First woman Graduate in Engineering	Illa Mazumdar (1951, Shivpur)
First Indian woman to get the Nobel Prize	Mother Teresa (1979)
First Indian woman to climb the Mt. Everest	Bachendri Pal
First Indian woman to become ‘Miss World’	Miss Reita Faria
First Indian woman to get Bharat Ratna	Smt. Indira Gandhi
First woman to get Jnanpith Award	Ashapurna Devi
First Indian woman to win WTA Title	Sania Mirza
First Indian woman Airline Pilot	Durga Banerjee
First Indian woman to win a Gold Medal in Asian Games	Kamaljeet Sandhu
First Indian woman president of Indian National Congress	Sarojini Naidu (1925)
First Indian woman to win the Booker Prize	Arundhati Roy
First woman chief justice in Mumbai High Court	Sujata V. Manohar
First woman Session Judge	Anna Chandi (Kerala)
First woman chairperson of planning commission	Smt. Indira Gandhi
First woman Employment office	Jaipur
First woman Chairperson of Import-Export Bank	Tarajani Vakeel
First Actress in Indian cinema	Smt. Devika Rani
First woman Deputy Chairperson of ‘Rajya Sabha’	Violet Alva (1962)
First woman Secretary General of ‘Rajya Sabha’	V. S. Ramadevi
First woman speaker of ‘Lok Sabha’	Smt. Meera Kumar
First girl to win 5 silver medals in pre junior Chess competition, London	Taniya Sachdev
First woman Musician to get ‘Bharat Ratna’	M.S. Subbulakshmi
First Indian woman to go into space	Kalpana Chawla
First Indian Woman to Climb the ‘Mt. Everest’ twice	Santosh Yadav
First Indian woman to become ‘Miss Universe’	Sushmita Sen(1994)
First Indian Woman Minister of Indian Railways	Mamata Banerjee
First female amputee and first Indian amputee to climb Mount Everest.	Arunima Sinha
world’s first twins and the youngest Indians to enter the coveted ‘the seven summit club’	Nungshi and Tashi
world’s first twins scaled Mt Vinson, the highest peak of Antarctica	Nungshi and Tashi (also known as India’s famous ‘Everest twins’)

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