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Achievement
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Person
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First Indian woman pilot
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Harita Kaur Deol
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First Indian woman to be the member of Legion of Honour
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Asha Pande
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First Indian woman to reach the final of an Olympic event
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P. T. Usha / Pilavullakandi Thekkeparambil Usha
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First Indian woman to sit in civil services exam, to join IFS, to be a diplomat,
to become the ambassador/High commissioner
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Muthamma Chonira.
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First Indian Women to win Magasasay Award
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Kamladevi Chattopadhyay
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First woman Air Vice Marshal
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P. Bandopadhyay
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First woman Airline Pilot
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Durga Banerjee
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First woman Asian Games gold medal winner
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Kamlijit Sandhu
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First woman Central Minister
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Vijayalakshmi Pandit
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First woman Chess Grandmaster
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Koneru Humpy, 2002.
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First woman Chief Justice of a High Court (Himachal Pradesh)
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Leila Seth, 1991
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First woman Chief Minister of a State
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Sucheta Kripalani
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First woman Director General of Police
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Kanchan Chaudhary Bhattacharya
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First woman Doctorate of Science
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Asima Chatterjee(1944)
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First woman Governor
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Sarojini Naidu
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First woman Graduates
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Kadambini Ganguly and Chandramukhi Basu, 1883
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First woman Head of an Undergraduate Academic Institution
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Chandramukhi Basu, 1888
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First woman High Court Judge
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Anna Chandy
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First woman Honours Graduate
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Kamini Roy, 1886
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First woman IAS officer
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Isha Basant Joshi(1908)
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First woman IPS Officer
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Kiran Bedi
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First woman Lawyer
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Cornelia Sorabjee (1892)
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First woman read law at Oxford
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Cornelia Sorabjee
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First woman graduate from Bombay University
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Cornelia Sorabjee
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First woman Minister in a government
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Rajkumari Amrit Kaur
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First woman Monarch of Delhi Sultanate
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Razia Sultan (1205–1240) of Mamluk Sultanate (Delhi)
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First woman Photojournalist
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Homai Vyarawalla (1913)
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First woman Physician
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Kadambini Ganguly, 1886
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First woman President
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Pratibha Patil, 2007
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First Woman President of the United Nations General Assembly
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Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit, 1953
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First woman Prime Minister
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Indira Gandhi, 1966
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First Woman Railway Minister of India
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Mamata Banerjee
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First woman Speaker of the Lok Sabha
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Meira Kumar
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First woman State Finance Minister
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Dr. Upinderjit Kaur, in Punjab: October, 2010
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First woman Supreme Court judge
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Justice M. Fathima Beevi
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First Woman to be the Chairperson of State Bank of India
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Arundhati Bhattacharya
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First Woman to become Railway Minister of India in two different Governments
(NDA & UPA)
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Mamata Banerjee
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First Woman to become Railway Minister of India twice in her tenure
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Mamata Banerjee
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First woman to climb Mount Everest
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Bachendri Pal, 1984
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First woman to cross English Channel
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Aarti Saha
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First woman to Cross Gobi Desert
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Sucheta Kadethankar (33): 2011
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First woman to get Court martialed
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Anjali Gupta in 2005
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First Woman to pilot a locomotive engine (train driver)
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Surekha Yadav
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First woman to receive Nobel Prize
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Mother Teresa of Calcutta
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First woman to win 1st round match in a Grand Slam event
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Nirupama Vaidyanathan beat Italian Gloria Pizzichini in the first round in1998
Australian Open
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First women's court in India
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Malda, West Bengal (24/1/2013)
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First woman to become Indian National Congress President
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Annie Besant
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