https://t.

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First in India (Female)

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• The first Indian woman to be awarded the Bharat Ratna → Smt. Indira Gandhi

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• The first lady Governor of an Indian state → Smt. Sarojini Naidu

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• The first lady Chief Minister of State → Smt. Sucheta Kripalani

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• The first lady Central minister of the country →Smt. Rajkumari Amrit Kaur

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• The first woman president of the Indian National Congress → Annie Besant
https://t.me/yoursmahboob

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First in India (Female)

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• The first woman to become the Chief Election Commissioner → Mrs Rama Devi

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• The first woman to be appointed Chief Justice of a state High Court → Justice Leila Seth

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• The first woman to be appointed judge of the Supreme Court → Justice M Fatima Beevi

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• The first woman to be appointed the Speaker of Lok Sabha is → Mrs Meira Kumar

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• The first woman president of UN General Assembly → Mrs Vijayalaxmi Pandit
https://t.me/yoursmahboob

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First in India (Female)

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• The first Indian woman to swim the English Channel → Aarti Saha

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• The first Indian woman to win an Olympic medal → Karnam Malleswari

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• The first Indian woman to win an Asiad medal → Kamaljit Sandhu

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• The first Indian woman to receive a gallantry award in the Indian Army (Sena Medal for

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her acts of bravery in Afghanistan) → Major Mitali Madhumita
• The first Indian woman to win the Miss Asia→Pacific title → Zeenat Aman
https://t.me/yoursmahboob

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First in India (Female)

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• The first Indian woman to win the Miss Universe title → Sushmita Sen

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• The first Indian woman to win the Miss World title → Reita Faria

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• The first Indian woman to win the Miss Earth title → Nicol Faria

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• The first Indian woman to join the Territorial Army as a jawan → Shanti Tigga

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• The first Indian woman to be appointed as the Chief Information Commissioner →
Deepak Sandhu
https://t.me/yoursmahboob

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First in India (Female)

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• The first Indian woman to be appointed as the Minister of External Affairs of India →

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Sushma Swaraj. (Note: Mrs. Indira Gandhi held the additional charge as Minister of

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External Affairs while being the Prime Minister of India.)

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• The first Indian woman to ski to the South Pole → Reena Kaushal DharmaShaktu

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• First Women's University→Maharshi Karve starts SNDT University in Pune with five
students in 1916.
• First Woman Prime Minister of India→Indira Gandhi (1966)
• First Woman IPS Officer of India→Kiran Bedi (1972)
https://t.me/yoursmahboob

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First in India (Female)

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• First Woman to win Nobel Peace Prize→Mother Teresa (1979)

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• First Indian Woman to climb Mount Everest→Bachendri Pal (1984)

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• First Indian Woman to win Booker Prize→Arundhati Roy (1997)

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• First Woman President →Pratibha Patil (2007)

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• First Woman Speaker of Lok Sabha→Meira Kumar (2009)
https://t.me/yoursmahboob

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First in India (Female)

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•

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First Woman Ambassador→ Miss C.B. Muthamma

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• First Woman to climb Mount Everest twice→Santosh Yadav

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• First Woman chairman of Union Public Service Commission→Roze Millian Bethew

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• First Woman Director General of Police (DGP)→Kanchan Chaudhary Bhattacharya

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• First Woman Lieutenant General→ Puneeta Arora
https://t.me/yoursmahboob

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First in India (Female)

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• First Woman Air Vice Marshal → P. Bandyopadhyay

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• First &Last Muslim Woman ruler of Delhi →Razia Sultana

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• First Woman to receive Ashoka Chakra →Neerja Bhanot

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• First Woman to receive Bharat Ratna →Indira Gandhi

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• First Woman to receive Gyanpith Award →Ashapurna Devi
https://t.me/yoursmahboob

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First in India (Female)

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• First Indian woman who reached Antarctica→ Mahel Musa

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• First Indian woman who become an individual member of International Olympic

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Committee→ Nita Ambani (2016)

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• First Indian Woman to win WTA Title→ Sania Mirza

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• First Indian Woman Airline Pilot→ Durba Banerjee
• First Indian Woman President of INC→Sarojini Naidu
https://t.me/yoursmahboob

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First in India (Female)

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• First Woman Musician to get Bharat Ratna→ MS Subbulakshmi

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• First Indian Woman to go to space→ Kalpana Chawla

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First Indian woman athlete to bag a medal at the Paralympics→ Deepa Malik

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•

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First Indian woman to be honoured with Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) life

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membership →Anjum Chopra
• First Indian woman to win an Olympic Silver Medal in Badminton→ P.V. Sindhu
https://t.me/yoursmahboob

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First in India (Female)

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• First Indian woman to cross Gibraltar Strait to swim.→ Aarti Pradhan

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• First woman to win ‘Shati Swaroop Bhatnagar’ Prize→ Aashima Chatarjee

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• First Indian Women To Play English Football→ Aditi Chauhan

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•

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First female celebrity wax statue in Europeon Museum→ Aishwarya Rai Bachchan

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• First woman to win ‘Shahitya Academic Prize→ Amruta Preetam
https://t.me/yoursmahboob

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First in India (Female)

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• First female judge in India of district court in the year 1937 and also the First woman in

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India to become a high court judge in 1959→Anna Chandi

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• First female Indian Administrative Service officer of India→Anna Rajam George

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(Malhotra)

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• First woman head paramilitary force→Archana Ramasundaram
• First woman to win Lenin Peace Prize→Aruna Aasif Ali
• First woman chair of State Bank of India (206 Year Old Bank)→Arundhati Bhattacharya
https://t.me/yoursmahboob

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First in India (Female)

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• First Indian women chess player holding the title of Woman International

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Master→Bhagyashree Thipsay

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• First woman to join the INDIAN FOREIGN SERVICE in 1949, First Indian female

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Ambassador/ High Commissioner → C. B. Muthamma

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• First woman Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of India’s leading stock
exchange National Stock Exchange→ Chitra Ramakrishna
• first female Foreign Secretary → CHOKILA IYER
https://t.me/yoursmahboob

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First in India (Female)

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• First female advocate from India and the First woman to study law at Oxford → Cornelia

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Sorabji

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• First female cyclist from the country to reach the heights of fourth place in the UCI

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individual world ranking→ Deborah Herold

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• First woman Air Marshal of the Indian Air Force. She is the second woman in the Indian
armed forces to be promoted to a three→ star rank→ Dr Padmavathy Bandopadhyay
• First woman president of India’s apex chamber of commerce, ASSOCHAM→ Dr. Swati
Piramal
• First woman Chairperson of Indian Science Congress→ Dr. Asima Chatterjee
https://t.me/yoursmahboob

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First in India (Female)

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First woman to win Norman Borlogue Prize (1992)→ Dr. Amruta Patel

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First actress of Indian Cinema→ Durgabai Kamat

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First female film director of Indian cinema→ Fatima Begum

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• First woman Major General in Indian Army→ G. M. Ram

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https://t.me/yoursmahboob

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First in India (Female)

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• First test tube baby→Harsha

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• First Indian Pistol shooter to be Ranked World No.1 by ISSF→Heena Sidhu

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• First Indian woman IPS officer and First woman to get the Raman magsaysay prize for

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public service→Kiran Bedi

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• First Indian woman to win gold medal at 1970 Asian games in 400 metre
race.→Kamaljeet Sandhu
• First woman editor of First woman’s magazine (Indian Ladies magazine, 1901)→Kamla
Swaminathan
https://t.me/yoursmahboob

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First in India (Female)

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• First woman Barrister in India of Allahabad High Court→Cornelia Sorabji

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• First female commanding officer of Netaji Subhas Bose’s Azad Hind Fauj (Indian

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National Army)→Lakshmi Sahgal

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• First female army captain→Lakshmi Sehgal

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• First woman boxer to win gold medal at the Olympics and First woman World Boxing
Champion for five times→M C Mary Kom
• First woman Musician to get ‘Bharat Ratna’ and First woman to perform in United
Nations Organization→M.S. Subbulakshmi
https://t.me/yoursmahboob

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First in India (Female)

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• First female editor on The Hindu newspaper→Malini Parthasarathy

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• First Indian Woman Minister of Indian Railways→Mamata Banerjee

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• First Female Olympian and Double International→Mary Dsouza

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• First woman became permanent Judge of the High Court→Meera Sahib Fatima Bibi
• First Indian woman to become ‘Miss World’→Miss Reita Faria
https://t.me/yoursmahboob

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First in India (Female)

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• First female officer to receive the Sena Medal for gallantry → Mitali Madhumita

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• First female cricketer to win Wisden India Cricketers of the Year recognition → Mithali Raj

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• First woman awarded by ‘Arjuna Prize’ for Hockey game → N. Lamsaden

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• First Indian woman to graduate from the Harvard Business School → Naina Lal Kidwai
• First Indian woman to join the Indian Army → Priya Jhingan
https://t.me/yoursmahboob

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First in India (Female)

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• First woman chairperson of the U.P.S.C. → Rose Million Bethews

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• First Indian woman to win WTA Title → Sania Mirza

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• First woman minister of Independent India and First Indian woman president of Indian

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National Congress → Sarojini Naidu
• First female teachers for girls in India → Savitribai Phule
https://t.me/yoursmahboob

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First in India (Female)

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• First and only woman to participate in three games (Cricket, Hockey and Basketball)→

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Shirine Khusaro Kiyash

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• First woman chairperson of planning commission and First Indian woman to get Bharat

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Ratna → Smt. Indira Gandhi
• First woman Chairperson of National Woman Commission → Smt. Jayanti Patnaik
• First woman Deputy Chairperson of legislative assembly → Smt. Shanno Devi
https://t.me/yoursmahboob

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First in India (Female)

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• First female winner of popular music reality show Indian Idol → Sourabhee Debbarma

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• First Woman commissioned Officer in IAF → Squadron Leader Urmila Bheeman

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• First woman to cross Gobi desert → Sucheta Kriplani

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• First Woman Fighter Pilot of India!, First civilian woman to fly the F-16IN Super-Viper, First
woman in the world to fly the MiG-35 → Suman Sharma
https://t.me/yoursmahboob

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First in India (Female)

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• First woman to make world record in Power lifting→Sumita Laha

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• First woman kabaddi coach to win Dronacharya Award→Sunil Dabas

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• First woman cricket coach→ Sunita Sharma

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• First female train driver for the Indian Railways in India and in Asia also.→Surekha

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Shankar Yadav
• First Indian woman to become ‘Miss Universe’→ Sushmita Sen
https://t.me/yoursmahboob

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First in India (Female)

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• First girl to win 5 silver medals in pre junior Chess competition, London→Taniya Sachdev

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• First woman mayor of Madras city. The Government of India awarded her the civilian

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honour of the Padma Bhushan in 1967.→Tara Cherian

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• First woman Chairperson of Import→Export Bank→Tarajani Vakeel

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• First woman English writer in India→Toaru Dutt
• First woman to complete the round of world by a boat in 1988.→Ujjavala Patil
https://t.me/yoursmahboob

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First in India (Female)

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• First woman M.B.B.S. (1889, Kolkata Medical College)→Vadhu Mukhi Bose, Virginia

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Mitter

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• First Indian President of the United Nations General Assembly in 1953 and Ambassador at

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United Nations in 1947→Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit

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• First woman to get Military Medal → Vimla Devi
• First Indian film actress acted in the First Indian talkie movie Alam Ara → Zubeida Begum
Dhanrajgir
• First woman and the first author to write a book on Autism in India → Sumita Bose
https://t.me/yoursmahboob

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First in India (Female)

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• India’s first female national racing champion → Alisha Abdullah

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• India’s First Female Bronze Medalist Sydney 2000 Olympics → Karnam Malleswari

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• India’s First Female Commando Trainer → Dr. Seema Rao