Hello Everyone!!… The below list lists the First Woman to take over important posts in India. It has been compiled for CLATGyan by Varsha Deiveegan, a I year student of NALSAR University of Law, who is really excited to see her work on this website and help CLAT aspirants with these kind of supplements. So… dont you think you owe her thanks for making things simple for you? 🙂
JUDICIAL
1. First woman Judge of the Supreme Court — M. Fathima Bevi
2. First woman Judge of a High Court — Anna Chandi
3. First woman Chief Justice of a High Court — Leila Seth
4. First Lady Magistrate — Omana Kunjamma
5. First woman Advocate — Cornelia Sorabji
LEGISLATIVE
1. First woman Prime Minister — Indira Gandhi
2. First woman Chief Minister — Sucheta Kripalani
3. First woman Minister — Vijaylakshmi Pandit
4. First woman Central Minister — Rajkumari Amrit Kaur
5. First woman Speaker of Lok Sabha — Meira Kumar
EXECUTIVE
1. First woman President — Prathiba Patil
2. First woman Governor — Sarojini Naidu
AWARDS AND ACHIEVEMENTS
1. First woman to win Nobel Prize — Mother Teresa
2. First to be crowned Miss India — Pramita
3. First to be crowned Miss Universe — Sushmita Sen
4. First to be crowned Miss World — Reita Faria
5. First woman to be awarded a Sena Medal — Bimla Devi
6. First woman to climb Mt. Everest — Bachendri Pal
7. First woman to climb Mt. Everest twice — Santhosh Yadav
8. Youngest to climb Mt. Everest Dicky — Dolma
9. First woman to circumnavigate — Ujwala Rai
10. First woman to swim across the English Channel — Arti Gupta
11. First woman to reach South Pole — Reena Kaushal
12. First woman to win the Dadasaheb Phalke award — Devika Rani
13. First woman in space — Kalpana Chawla
14. First woman pilot — Sarla Thakral
15. First woman to win an Asian Games medal — Kamlijit Sandhu
16. First Chess Grandmaster — Konneru Hampi
17. First woman to win an Olympic medal — Karnam Maleshwari (Bronze for weightlifting)
CIVIL SERVICES
1. First woman IAS Officer — Anna George Malhotra
2. First woman IPS Officer — Kiran Bedi
3. First woman IFS Officer — C.B.Muthamma
MISCELLANEOUS
1. First woman Foreign Secretary — Chokila Iyer
Unfortunately, there have been no woman who has taken any of the other secretaries’ post till now.
the current Foreign Secretary of India is Nirupma Rao….
NOW SHE IS THE INDIAN AMBASSADOR IN USA AND MR. RANJAN MATHAI IS THE FOREIGN SECRETARY,,,,,,,,,THANX,,,,,
True Anjuli… These are not current ones… The list has the names of FIRST woman to hold the posts. 🙂
thank you varsha di ! 🙂
First woman pilot was sarla thakral.. Durga bannerjee was first indian airline pilot
Thanks. I was looking JUST for something like this.
thank you very much…
pleasure is all mine =) good luck!
divya ajith first women to hold the sword of honour..
thanks a lot!
First woman assistant solicitor general of India is Indira Jaisingh.She is among the 12 ASGs presently.
Also, her organization “Lawyer’s Collective” was the reason that we have the Domestic Violence Act, LC was also an important part of the Naz Foundation case.
nyce! Thnax aymen for this 1 too..:)
Why isn’t the second ever given importance?
Good point… But, in that case, we’d have a lot more to study… So, I’m not complaining… 🙂
correction…1st woman to be crowned miss world is NICOLE FARIA and not REITA FARIA 😛
Lo ji.
waapas le liyaa ji…my mishhhhtake 🙁
@Abhinav: Dude! Seriously?? :-\ Did you even try googling Reita Faria?? Nicole Faria’s “Miss Earth”… 😛
@Pranav- ohhh i m sooo sorry…i really got confused 😮
see actually this is the before-effects of the xam(CLAT) 🙁 :'(
@abhinav– hmmm…rite! Insane! 😛
can anyone explain about ‘OPERATION LOTUS’? Thanx
thanx a lot varsha di,,,i was looking the same,,,,and all the best,,,,,,
Thanks a lot ,Varsha!! 🙂
Thanks a tonnzzz..varsha ur article z reely helpful for aspirants lyk me!
i’ll sure;y look forward for mor of ur arcs. lyk dese! 🙂