First achievements in India made by woman - first in the india - general knowledge

First achievements in India made by woman - first in the india - general knowledge

S.No.	Role	Female Personality
1	India's First Woman Railway Driver	Surekha Shankar Yadav
2	India's First Woman Tabla Maestro	Dr. Aban Mistry
3	India's First Recognized Billionth Citizen	Astha
4	India's First Woman Airbus Pilot	Durba Banerjee
5	First Woman Secretary General Of Rajya Sabha	V. S. Rama Devi
6	First Indian Woman To Win Magsasay Award	Kiran Bedi
7	First Indian Woman Cricketer To Get 100 Wickets	Diana Eduljee
8	First Indian Paratrooper Of Indian Air Force	Nita Ghose
9	First Indian Woman To Complete Her MBBS	Kadambini Ganguli Bose In 1888
10	First Woman Cheif Engineer	P. K. Tresia Nanguli
12	First Indian Woman At Antarctica	Meher Moos In 1976
13	First Woman Foriegn Minister	Lakshmi N. Menon
14	First Woman Commercial Pilot	Prem Mathur Of Deccan Airways
15	First Woman Sahitya Award Winner	Amrita Pritam
16	First Woman President Of Indian Science Congress	Dr. Ashima Chatterjee
17	First Woman To Win WTA Tennis Tournament	Sania Mirza
18	First Chief Justice Of Mumbai High Court	Justice Sujaata B Manohar
19	First Indian Woman Advocate	Regina Guha
20	First Indian Woman Barrister	Cornotia Sorabji
21	First Woman Surgeon	Dr. Prema Mukherjee
22	First Woman To Get Arjun Award	N. Lumsden (1961)
23	First Woman Chairman Of Bank	Tarzani Vakil
24	First Woman Chairperson Of National Woman Commission	Mrs. Jayanti Patnayak
25	First Indian Woman To Receive Asiad Gold Medal	Kamalji Sandhu
26	First Woman Speaker Of State Assembly	Mrs. Shano Devi
27	First Actress In The Indian Cinema	Devika Rani
28	First Woman Finger Prints Expert In India	Sita Varthambal And Bhrangathambal
29	First Woman Doordarshan News Reader	Pratima Puri
30	First Indian Woman To Reach In Olympic Games	Sini Abrahim
31	First Indian Woman To Receive Norman Borlaug Award	Dr. Amrita Patel
32	First Indian Woman IAS Officer	Anna George
33	First Woman President Of Student's Union	Anju Sachdeva of Delhi University
34	First Woman Chairperson Of Rajya Sabha	Violet Alva In 1962

S. No.	Role	Female Personalities
1	Delhi's First Mayor	Aruna Asaf Ali
2	Delhi's First Woman Chief Secretary	Shailja Chandra
3	Fastest Asian to swim across the English Channel	Anita Sood
4	First all-women crew to fly an air Force Chetak Helicopter	Flight Cadets Cheryl Dutta and Simran Sodhi of IAF
5	First Indian woman magistrate appointed in United Kingdom	Kantha Talwar
6	First India woman mayor in United Kingdom	Lata Patel
7	First Indian woman President of Indian National Congress	Sarojini Naidu
8	First Indian woman producer and director	Fatima Begum
9	First Indian woman to become Miss Universe	Sushmita Sen
10	First Indian Woman to go in space	Kalpana Chawla
11	First woman to head any Wakf Board in India	Bader Sayeed
12	First Indian woman to reach the final of an Olympic event	P.T.Usha
13	First Indian woman to win a medal in an Olympic event	Karnam Malleshwari
14	First Indian woman boxer to win an international event	M.C.Merykom
15	First Indian woman to Swim across the English Channel	Arati Saha
16	First Miss Universe of the new millennium	Lara Dutta
17	First woman Ambassador from India	Vijay Lakshmi Pandit
18	First woman Central Minister	Rajkumari Amrit Kaur
19	First woman film star to be a member of Rajya Sabha	Nargis Dutt
20	First woman Governor of Tamil Nadu	Justice M. Fatima Beevi
21	First woman judicial officer	Anna Chandy
22	First woman Minister of an Indian state	Vijay Lakshmi Pandit
23	First woman Speaker of an Indian state	Shano Devi
24	Grandma Madonna from India	Asha Bhonsle
25	India's first Test-Tube Baby	Kruti Parekh