LIST OF INDIAN WOMEN AND THEIR ACHIEVEMENTS

DOWNLOAD PDF

1. Kalpana Chawla first flew on Space Shuttle Columbia in 1997 as a mission specialist and primary robotic arm operator. She was the first

Indian women to reach space and it made India proud. She was Indian born American.
2. Kumari Bachendripal was the first Indian Woman to scale Mount Everest which s the highest peak in the world. She has done an amazing and

unbelievable task.
3. Kran bedi has passed the Indian police services examination and thus became the first Woman IPS of the country. She was in 1972 batch of

IPS.
4. Pratibha Devi Singh Patil became the first woman president of India. she held the office between 2007-2012.
5. Ms Sarojinin Naidu which is also called the nightingale of India was the first Indian woman to become the president of Indian National

congress and Later she also became the first woman governor of utter pradesh/
6. The first Indian Woman to become the judge of supreme court of Mrs M. Fatima Beevi. She was the first Indian and Asian woman to become the

judge of any supreme court.
7. Indira Gandhi Became the first woman prime minister of India. she was also awarded the Bharat Ratna . she is also the second longest serving

prime minister of India.
8. Kanchan chaudhary bhattacharya became the first woman to hold the director general of police of a state in India. she was also the second

Woman IPS officer of the country.
9. Neerja Bhanot was a flight attendant for Pan Am, based in Mumbai, India, who was murdered while saving passengers from terrorists. She was

the youngest woman to get highest civilian award for bravery, the Ashoka Chakra.
10. The first lady Chief Minister of State was Smt Sucheta Kripalani.
11. Mrs Rama Devi was the first Indian woman to become chief Election commissioner