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First woman who got Ramon Magsasay Award- Kamaladevi Chattopadhyaya First Lady Mayor-Aruna Asif Ali First woman DGP-Kanchan C Bhattacharya First women to perform in United Nations M.S.Subhalakshmi First Lady speaker in Legislative AssemblySushila Naiyar First woman speaker of state assemblyShanno Devi First women to enter space- Kalpana Chawla First Indian President of UN’s General Assembly –Vijayalaxmi Pandit(1953) First lady Chairman of Indian National Congress-Sarojini Naidu First Lady Chief Justice-Lila Seth (Himachal Pradesh) First lady Rajyasabha secretaryV.S.Remadevi

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First lady election commissionerV.S.Remadevi First woman honoured with Rajiv Gandhi Khel Retna- Meri Kom First woman to score a double century in cricket- Mithaliraj(2002) against England First Lady to swim English Bay-Arati Saha(1959) First Indian lady to win a medal in the world athletic championship- Anju Bobby George(in Aug 2003) First lady who got gold medal in Asian games- Kamaljith sindhu(1970) First lady who got a medal in OlympicsKarnam Malleswari First woman to climb Mt.Everst- Bachendri Pal First Lady to Scale Mt.Everst TwiceSanthosh Yadav First woman pilot-Monica Seth(1998) First Lady Commercial Pilot-Prem Mathur

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First woman lieutenant General- Punith Arora First woman Air Marshal-Padmavathi Bandhopadhyaya First woman joined in the Indian army-Priya Jhingan First Lady Commercial Pilot(Air Bus)- Durba Banerjee First Woman to perform a solo flight- Haritha Kaur Doel in 1994 First woman jet commander-Saudamini Deshmukh First woman chairperson of Indian AirlinesSushama Chawla First lady magistrate-Omana kunjamma First woman chief engineer- P.K.Thressia First Lady Doctor – Dr.Kadambani Ganguli First Lady scientist-Dr.Kamal Sohney First woman advocate-Cornia Sorabji First Fire Woman-Harshini Kanhekar First Women Taxi Driver- Kanchan Gaud First woman engine driver-Maria Goreti First Indian woman to win Miss World TitleReita Faria (1966) First Indian Beauty to win Miss UniverseSusmitha Sen First Actress in Indian Cinema-Rani Zubeida Dhanrajagir (Alam Ara) First Lady Revolutionary- Madam Bhikaji Kama First lady M.A holder- Chandra Mukhi Bose First girl to register a win in the Wimbledon tournament Sania Mirza First woman Chairman and Director of NABARD- Ranjana Kumar First woman commissioner of Police of an Indian Metro- Letika Saran (Chennai) Missile Woman of India-Tessy Thomas First woman project director of DRDO’s Agni II Project- Tessy Thomas First women merchant navy officer- Sonali Banerjee First woman photo journalist-Homi Vyarawala

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