First in India Female Personalities | Women's Day Special

Today (08 March 2014) is Intrenational Women's Day. Know about First in India(Women)

>> The first woman president of India:            Smt. Pratibha Patil

>> The first lady to become "Miss World": Rita Faria

>> The first woman judge in Supreme Court: Mrs. Meera Sahib Fatima Bibi

>> The first woman Ambassador: Miss C.B. Muthamma

>> The first woman Governor of a State in free India: Mrs. Sarojini Naidu(1925)

>> The first woman Prime Minister: Mrs. Indira Gandhi

>> The first woman to climb Mount Everest: Bachhendri Pal

>> The first woman to climb Mount Everest twice: Santosh Yadav

>> The first woman President of the Indian National Congress: Mrs. Annie Besant

>> The first woman chief justice of a High Court: Mrs. Leela Seth

>> The first woman pilot in Indian Air Force : Harita Kaur Dayal

>> The first woman President of the United Nations General Assembly: Mrs. Vijaya Laxmi Pandit

>> The first woman Chief Minister of an Indian State: Mrs. Sucheta Kripalani

>> The first woman chairman of Union Public Service Commission: Roze Millian Bethew

>> The first woman Director General of Police (DGP): Kanchan Chaudhary Bhattacharya

>> The first woman Lieutenent General: Puneeta Arora

>> The first woman Air Vice Marshal: P. Bandopadhyaya

>> The first woman chairperson of Indian Airlines: Sushma Chawla

>> The first woman I.P.S. Officer: Mrs. Kiran Bedi

>> The first and the last Muslim woman ruler of Delhi: Razia Sultan

>> The first woman to receive Ashoka Chakra: Nirja Bhanot

>> The first woman to cross English Channel: Aarti Saha

>> The first woman to receive Nobel Prize:    Mother Teresa

>> The first woman to receive Bharat Ratna: Mrs. Indira Gandhi

>> The First woman to get Ashok Chakra: Nirja Mishra

>> The first woman to receive Jnanpith Award: Ashapurna Devi

>> First Indian woman to swim across the English Channel: Miss Arati Saha

>> 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 to win the Booker Prize: Arundhati Roy

>> First Indian woman to go into space: Kalpana Chawla

>> First Indian Woman Minister of Indian Railways: Mamata Banerjee