Women in India- The First for NET, IAS, State-SET (KSET, WBSET, MPSET, etc.), GATE, CUET, Olympiads etc.
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Here is the list of some of the first women achievers in various fields and walks of life – A basic general knowledge
Field | Person |
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First Prime Minister | Mrs. Indira Gandhi |
First Chief Minister of State | Mrs. Sucheta Kripalani |
First Minister | Mrs. Vijayalakshmi Pandit |
First Central Minister | Rajkumari Amrit Kaur |
First Speaker of Lok Sabha | Mrs. Shanno Devi |
First Governor of a State | Mrs. Sarojini Naidu |
First President of Indian National Congress | Dr Annie Besant |
First Indian President of Indian National Congress | Mrs. Sarojini Naidu |
First President of UN General Assembly | Mrs. Vijayalakshmi Pandit |
First Muslim to sit on the throne of Delhi | Razia Sultan |
First to swim across the English Channel | Mrs. Arti Shah |
First to climb Mount Everest | Bachhendri Pal |
First to circumnavigate (sail round the world) | Ujwala Rai |
First IAS Officer | Anna Gorge Malhotra |
First IPS Officer | Kiran Bedi |
First Advocate | Cornelia Sorabji |
First Judge of a High Court | Anna Chandi |
First Judge of Supreme Court | Ms M. Fathima Beevi |
First Chief Justice of a High Court | Ms. Leila Seth |
First Doctor | Kadambini Ganguli |
First editor of English newspaper | Dina Vakil |
First Chief Engineer | Mrs. P. K. Thresia |
First to receive a Sena Medal | Constable Bimla Devi (88 BN of CRPF) -1990 |
Youngest to Climb Mount Everest | Dicky Doima (19) from Manali-1993 |
First to climb Mount Everest two times | Santosh Yadav (ITBF Officer) -1993 |
First to win Nobel Prize | Mrs. Omana Kunjamma |
First to be crowned Miss India | Reita Fariq |
First to be crowned Miss Universe | Sushmita Sen |
First to be crowned Miss Word | Reita Faria |
First DGP | Kanchan Chowdhry Bhattacharya |