First Woman achievers
of INDIA
Compiled by Smt. A.Suguna, SDE(Comp),APCO
S.No.
|
Name
|
Achievement
|
Year
|
1.
|
Amrita
Pritam
|
First
Woman Sahitya Academy Award Winner
|
1956
|
2.
|
Arati Saha
|
First woman to
swim across the English Channel
|
1959
|
3.
|
Aruna Asaf Ali
|
First woman Mayor
of Delhi
|
1958
|
4.
|
Ashima Chatterjee
|
First Woman President Of Indian Science Congress
|
1975
|
5.
|
Bachendri Pal
|
First woman to
scale Mount Everest
|
1984
|
6.
|
Devika
Rani
|
First Actress In The Indian Cinema and first
winner of Dada Saheb Phalke Award
|
1969
|
7.
|
Diana
Eduljee
|
First Indian Woman Cricketer To Get 100 Wickets
|
|
8.
|
Durga Khote
|
First woman from
good family to enter Cinema
|
1931
|
9.
|
Fathima Beevi
|
First woman Judge
of Supreme Court .
|
1989
|
10.
|
Hamoi Vyarawala
|
First woman press
photographer (Photo Journalist)
|
1938
|
11.
|
Harsha
|
First Indian Test Tube Baby
|
1986
|
12.
|
Harshini Kanhekar
|
First Fire woman
|
2005
|
13.
|
Indira Gandhi
|
First woman Prime
Minister.
|
1966
|
14.
|
Isha Basant Joshi
|
First woman IAS
Officer
|
|
15.
|
Jayanti Patnayak
|
First
Woman Chairperson Of National Woman Commission
|
1992
|
16.
|
Kadambini Ganguli Bose
|
First Indian Woman To Complete MBBS
|
1988
|
17.
|
Kalpana Chawla
|
First woman to
land in space.
|
1997
|
18.
|
Kamaljeet
Sandhu
|
First
Indian Woman To Receive An Asiad Gold Medal
|
1970
|
19.
|
Karanam Malleswari
|
First woman to win
individual medal in Olympics
|
2000
|
20.
|
Kanchan C.
Bhattacharya
|
First woman
Director General of Police.
|
2003
|
21.
|
Kanchan Gawde
|
First woman taxi driver
|
|
22.
|
Kiran Bedi
|
First IPS (Indian
police force) officer
|
1972
|
23.
|
Koneru Hampi
|
First youngest woman to become a
grandmaster at 15 years old
|
2002
|
24.
|
K. J.
Udesi
|
First Deputy Governor Of Reserve Bank Of India
|
2003
|
25.
|
Lakshmi
N Menon
|
First Woman Foreign Minister
|
1952
|
26.
|
Leela Seth
|
First woman Chief
Justice (High Court)
|
1991
|
27.
|
M.S.Subbalakshmi
|
First woman to
perform at the United Nations
|
1966
|
28.
|
Maria Gorete
|
First woman
railway engine driver
|
|
29.
|
Meira Kumar
|
First woman and
First Dalit speaker of Lok Sabha
|
2009
|
30.
|
Menakshi
|
First woman driver
of Delhi Metro
|
2002
|
31.
|
Mother
Teresa
|
First Indian Woman To Receive Nobel Prize
|
1979
|
32.
|
Naina Lal Kidwai
|
First Indian woman
to graduate from the Harvard Business School
|
1982
|
33.
|
Niraja
Bhanot
|
First Woman To Receive Ashok Chakra
|
1986
|
34.
|
Nita
Ghose
|
First Indian Paratrooper Of Indian Air Force
|
|
35.
|
Padmavathi
Bandopadhyay
|
First woman Air
Marshal
|
2002
|
36.
|
P. K.
Tresia Nanguli
|
First Woman Chief Engineer
|
|
37.
|
Pratibha Patil
|
First woman
President
|
2007
|
38.
|
Pratima
Puri
|
First Woman Doordarshan News Reader
|
1959
|
39.
|
Prem
Mathur
|
First Woman Commercial Pilot
|
1948
|
40.
|
Priya Jhingan
|
First woman to
enter Army.
|
1992
|
41.
|
Rajkumari Amrit
Kaur
|
First woman
Cabinet minister
|
1947
|
42.
|
Rita Faria
|
First woman to win
“Miss World’ title
|
1966
|
43.
|
Sania
Mirza
|
First Woman To Win Wta Tennis Tournament
|
2004
|
44.
|
Sarojini Naidu
|
First woman
Governer of Utter Pradesh
|
1947
|
45.
|
Shano
Devi
|
First Woman Speaker Of The State Assembly
|
1966
|
46.
|
Sucheta Kriplani
|
First woman Chief
Minister of Uttar Pradesh
|
1963
|
47.
|
Surekha
Shankar Yadav
|
First Woman Indian Railway Driver
|
1990
|
48.
|
Sushmita Sen
|
First woman to win
“Miss Universe’ title
|
1994
|
49.
|
Vijayalakshmi
Pandit
|
First woman
President of the United Nations General Assembly
|
1953
|
50.
|
V. S.
Rama Devi
|
First Woman Chief Election Commissioner of India.
|
1990
|
