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First Indian Woman Achievers: GK Questions, Current Affairs & Historic Milestones
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Indian First Women in Sports:
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List of First Indian Women Achievers: GK Questions & Current
Affairs for Exams
1.
President of India
----------- Pratibha Patil, 2007
2.
Prime Minister of
India ----------- Indira Gandhi, 1966
3.
Central Minister in a
government ----------- Rajkumari Amrit Kaur
4.
Railway Minister of
India ----------- Mamata Banerjee
5.
Speaker of the Lok
Sabha ----------- Meira Kumar
6.
Chairperson of Rajya
Sabha ----------- Violet Alva
7.
Governor -----------
Sarojini Naidu, Uttar Pradesh (1947–1949)
8.
Chief Minister
----------- Sucheta Kripalani, Uttar Pradesh (1963–1967)
9.
Speaker of State
Assembly ----------- Mrs. Shano Devi
10.
Nominated member of
the Rajya Sabha ----------- Rukmini Devi Arundale
11.
Nobel Prize
----------- Mother Teresa
12.
Bharat Ratna
----------- Indira Gandhi
13.
Chief Justice of a
High Court ----------- Leila Seth, 1991 (Himachal Pradesh)
14.
Chief Election
Commissioner ----------- V. S. Ramadevi
15.
Supreme Court judge
----------- Kumari Fathima Beevi
16.
High Court Judge
----------- Anna Chandy
17.
Lawyer -----------
Cornelia Sorabji, 1892
18.
Honours Graduate
----------- Kamini Roy, 1886
19.
Graduates -----------
Kadambini Ganguly and Chandramukhi Basu, 1883
20.
Doctorate of Science
----------- Asima Chatterjee, 1944
21.
Director General of
Police ----------- Kanchan Chaudhary Bhattacharya
22.
IPS Officer
----------- Kiran Bedi
23.
IAS officer
----------- Anna Rajan George, 1950
24.
Indian National
Congress President ----------- Annie Besant
25.
Chairperson of State
Bank of India ----------- Arundhati Bhattacharya
26.
Chairman of UPSC
----------- Roze Millian Bethew
27.
Secretary General of
the Rajya Sabha ----------- V. S. Ramadevi
28.
Chairperson of Indian
Airlines ----------- Sushma Chawla
29.
President of Indian
Science Congress ----------- Dr. Ashima Chatterjee
30.
Woman Ambassador
----------- C.B. Muthamma
31.
Mount Everest
----------- Bachendri Pal, 1984
32.
In space -----------
Kalpana Chawla
33.
Airline Pilot
----------- Durba Banerjee
34.
Gold Medal in Asian
Games ----------- Kamaljeet Sandhu, 1970
35.
Magsaysay Award
----------- Kamladevi Chattopadhyay
36.
Miss Universe
----------- Sushmita Sen
37.
Miss World
----------- Rita Faria
38.
To Climb Mount
Everest twice ----------- Santosh Yadav
39.
Jnanpith Award
----------- Ashapurna Devi
40.
Booker Prize
----------- Arundhati Roy
41.
Sahitya Akademi Award
----------- Amrita Pritam
42.
Rajiv Gandhi Khel
Ratna ----------- Karnam Malleswari
43.
Olympic Medal
----------- Karnam Malleswari
44.
WTA Title -----------
Sania Mirza
45.
Lieutenant General
----------- Puneeta Arora
46.
Vice admiral of
Indian Navy ----------- Puneeta Arora
47.
Ashoka Chakra
----------- Nirja Bhanot
48.
Commercial Pilot
----------- Prem Mathur
49.
Woman to qualify for
Olympic Games ----------- Sini Abrahim
50.
Cross Gobi Desert
----------- Sucheta Kadethankar
51.
Pilot in Indian Air
Force ----------- Harita Kaur Deol
52.
Grand Slam junior
title ----------- Sania Mirza, 2003 Wimbledon Championships
53.
Chess Grandmaster
----------- Koneru Humpy, 2002
54.
Member of Legion of
Honour ----------- Asha Pande
55.
Monarch of Delhi
Sultanate ----------- Razia Sultan
56.
To cross English
Channel ----------- Aarti Saha
57.
Physician -----------
Kadambini Ganguly
58.
President of the UN
General Assembly ----------- Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit, 1953
59.
Air Vice Marshal
----------- Padmavathy Bandopadhyay
60.
Head a Navratna PSU
company ----------- Nishi Vasudeva
61.
External Affairs Minister
----------- Sushma Swaraj
62.
Women's Doubles Grand
Slam trophy ----------- Sania Mirza
63.
Gymnast to qualify
for Olympics ----------- Dipa Karmakar
64.
Boxer to win an
Olympic Medal ----------- MC Mary Kom
65.
Shuttle to win an
Olympic Medal ----------- Saina Nehwal
66.
Wrestler to win an
Olympic Medal ----------- Sakshi Malik
67.
Athlete to reach the
final of a track event at the Olympics ----------- Lalita Babar
68.
Gold medal at Asian
Wrestling Championship ----------- Navjot Kaur
69.
First Gold Medalist
on International Track ----------- Hima Das
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