First In India (Women) (Part 1)
19 Feb 2015
First Women's University
/Maharshi Karve starts SNDT University in Pune with five students in 1916.
First Woman to hold a Union Cabinet post
/Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
First Woman governor of Independent India
/Sarojini Naidu, in charge of United Provinces
First Woman president of UN General Assembly
/1953 Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
First Woman Prime Minister of India
/1966 Indira Gandhi
First Woman IPS Officer of India
/1972 Kiran Bedi
First Woman to win Nobel Peace Prize
/1979 Mother Teresa
First Indian Woman to climb Mount Everest
/1984 Bachendri Pal
First Indian Woman to win Booker Prize
/1997 Arundhati Roy
First Woman President
/2007 Pratibha Patil
First Woman Speaker of Lok Sabha
/2009 Meira Kumar
First Indian Woman to become "Miss World"
/Rita Faria
First Woman judge in Supreme Court
/Mrs. Meera Sahib Fatima Bibi
First Woman Ambassador
/Miss C.B. Muthamma
First Woman to climb Mount Everest twice
/Santosh Yadav
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