First Women in India

FIRST WOMEN OF THE LARGEST DEMOCRACY : INDIA
Women had played an Important role in the Modern World. Here are some of the most successful & first women of the world, who lead a Nation, a Party, a State, etc.
First woman President of Indian National Congress – Annie Besant (1917)

First Indian woman President of Indian National Congress – Sarojini Naidu (1925)

First woman Ambassador from India – Vijay Lakshmi Pandit (to USSR from 1947-49)

First woman Governor of an Indian State – Sarojini Naidu (UP from 1947-48)

First woman Minister of an Indian State – Vijay Lakshmi Pandit (UP)

First Mayor of Delhi – Aruna Asif Ali (1958)

First woman Central Minister – Rajkumari Amrit Kaur

First woman Film star to be a member of Rajya Sabha – Nargis Dutt

First woman Chief Minister of an Indian State – Sucheta Kriplani (UP from 1963-67)

First woman Prime Minister of India – Indira Gandhi (1966-77 & 1980-84)

First woman Speaker of an Indian State – Shano Devi

First woman winner of the Bharat Ratna – Indira Ghandi (1971)

First woman Judge of the Supreme Court – Justice M Fatima Bevi (1989)

First woman Chief Justice of a High Court – Leila Seth (CJ of Himachal Pradesh 1991)

India’s officially recognized billionth citizen – Aastha (Born on May 11, 2000 at ND)

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