January 31, 2013

First in India Women

Field
Person
First Prime Minister
Mrs. Indira Gandhi
First Chief Minister of State
Mrs. Sucheta Kripalani
First Minister
Mrs. Vijayalakshmi Pandit
First Central Minister
Rajkumari Amrit Kaur
First Speaker of Lok Sabha
Mrs. Shanno Devi
First Governor of a State
Mrs. Sarojini Naidu
First President of Indian National Congress
Dr. Annie Besant
First Indian President of Indian National Congress
Mrs.. Sarojini Naidu
First President of UN General Assembly
Mrs. Vijayalakshmi Pandit
First Muslim to sit on the throne of Delhi
Razia Sultan
First to swim across the English Channel
Mrs. Arti Shah
First to climb Mount Everest
Bachhendri Pal
First to circumnavigate (sail round the world)
Ujwala Rai
First IAS Officer
Anna George Malhotra
First IPS Officer
Kiran Bedi
First Advocate
Cornelia Sorabji
First Judge of a High Court
Anna Chandi
First Judge of Supreme Court
Ms M. Fathima Beevi
First Chief Justice of a High Court
Ms. Leila Seth
First Doctor
Kadambini Ganguli
First editor of English newspaper
Dina Vakil
First Chief Engineer
Mrs. P.K. Thresia
First to receive a Sena Medal
Constable Bimla Devi (88 BN of CRPF) - 1990
Youngest to Climb Mount Everest
Dicky Doima (19) from Manali - 1993
First to climb Mount Everest two times
Santosh Yadav (ITBF Officer) - 1993
First Magistrate
Mrs. Omana Kunjamma
First to win Nobel Prize
Mother Theresa
First to be crowned Miss India
Reita Fariq
First to be crowned Miss Universe
Sushmita Sen
First to be crowned Miss World
Reita Faria
First DGP
Kanchan Chowdhry Bhattacharya