First Indian Woman • President of India: Pratibha Patil, 2007 • Prime Minister of India: Indira Gandhi, 1966 • Central Minister in a government: Rajkumari Amrit Kaur • Railway Minister of India: Mamata Banerjee • Speaker of the Lok Sabha: Meira Kumar • Chairperson of Rajya Sabha: Violet Alva • Governor: Sarojini Naidu, Uttar Pradesh (1947–1949) • Chief Minister: Sucheta Kripalani, Uttar Pradesh (1963–1967) • Speaker of State Assembly: Mrs. Shano Devi • Nominated member of the Rajya Sabha: Rukmini Devi Arundale • Nobel Prize: Mother Teresa • Bharat Ratna: Indira Gandhi • Chief Justice of a High Court: Leila Seth, 1991 (Himachal Pradesh) • Supreme Court judge: Kumari Fathima Beevi • High Court Judge: Anna Chandy • Lawyer: Cornelia Sorabji, 1892 • Honours Graduate: Kamini Roy, 1886 • Graduates: Kadambini Ganguly and Chandramukhi Basu, 1883 • Doctorate of Science: Asima Chatterjee, 1944 • Director General of Police: Kanchan Chaudhary Bhattacharya • IPS Officer: Kiran Bedi • IAS officer: Anna Rajan George, 1950 • Indian National Congress President: Annie Besant • Chairperson of State Bank of India: Arundhati Bhattacharya • Chairman of UPSC: Roze Millian Bethew • Chairperson of Indian Airlines: Sushma Chawla • President of Indian Science Congress: Dr. Ashima Chatterjee • Woman Ambassador: C.B. Muthamma • Mount Everest: Bachendri Pal, 1984 • In space: Kalpana Chawla • Airline Pilot: Durba Banerjee • Gold Medal in Asian Games: Kamaljeet Sandhu, 1970 • Magasasay Award: Kamladevi Chattopadhyay • Miss Universe: Sushmita Sen • Miss World: Rita Faria • To Climb Mount Everest twice: Santosh Yadav • Jnanpith Award: Ashapurna Devi • Booker Prize: Arundhati Roy • Sahitya Akademi Award: Amrita Pritam • Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna: Karnam Malleswari • WTA Title: Sania Mirza • Lieutenent General: Puneeta Arora • Vice admiral of Indian Navy: Puneeta Arora • Ashoka Chakra: Nirja Bhanot • Commercial Pilot: Prem Mathur • Woman to qualify for Olympic Games: Sini Abrahim • Cross Gobi Desert: Sucheta Kadethankar • Pilot in Indian Air Force: Harita Kaur Deol • Grand Slam junior title: Sania Mirza, 2003 Wimbledon Championships • Chess Grandmaster: Koneru Humpy, 2002 • Member of Legion of Honour: Asha Pande • Monarch of Delhi Sultanate: Razia Sultan • To cross English Channel: Aarti Saha • Physician: Kadambini Ganguly • President of the UN General Assembly: Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit, 1953 • Air Vice Marshal: Padmavathy Bandopadhyay • Head a Navratna PSU company: Nishi Vasudeva by danendra chouksey
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