Here’s a list of ‘First Indian Women’ in various fields; the first time an Indian woman achieved something great in the history if India.
Indian women have made great progress in various fields. Refer to this list to update your General Knowledge and also to help you child do his/her homework based on this topic (first Indian women to do something great).
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First Indian woman to win a Nobel Peace Prize: Mother Teresa (in 1979).
First woman Prime Minister of India: Indira Gandhi, she served the country from 1966 to 1977.
First Woman to receive Bharat Ratna: Indira Gandhi (1971).
First woman President of India: Pratibha Patil, she served the country from July 2007 to July 2012.
First woman police officer in India: Kiran Bedi (An Indian Police Service (IPS) officer, she starting her training in 1972).
First woman IAS officer of India: Anna Malhotra (belonged to the 1951 IAS batch)
First woman judge in Supreme Court of India: Justice M. Fathima Beevi (in 1989).
First Indian woman to go to space: Kalpana Chawla (in 1997). She is an inspiration to many young girl students.
First Indian woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest: Bachendri Pal (in 1984).
First Indian Woman to win Booker Prize: Arundhati Roy (1997).
First Indian Woman to become “Miss World”: Rita Faria (1966).
First Indian Woman to receive Gyanpith Award: Bengali writer Ashapurna Devi (1976).
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