First in India (Female) - General Knowledge

First in India (Female) - General Knowledge

• First woman commissioner of custom and central excise - Kaushalya Narayan(1970)
• First woman editor of first woman’s magazine - Kamla Swaminathan (Indian Ladies magazine, 1901)
• First woman chairperson of the U.P.S.C. - Rose Million Bethews
• First woman Director general of Indian Medical Research Commission - G. V. Satyavati
• First Indian woman to swim across the English Channel - Miss Arati Saha (now Mrs. Arati Gupta)
• First woman to reach Antarctica as a member of Antarctica Campaign Team - Dr. Aditi Pant (1983)
• First woman to live most days on Antarctica - Dr. Kawal Sandhu (472 days)
• First woman to reach Antarctica - Mehar Musa (1977)
• First woman to reach north pole - Preeti Sen Gupta (1993)
• First woman to complete the round of world by a boat - Ujjavala Patil (1988)
• First woman to win International Swimming Marathon - Archana Bharat Kumar Patel (1988)
• First woman to cross Gibraltar Strait to swim - Aarti Pradhan (1988)
• First woman pilot in world to fly Airbus - Capt. Durwa Banerjee
• First woman to fly plane lonely of Indian air force - Harita Deol
• First woman commander in Boeing-737 airplane - Capt. Saudamini Deshmukh
• First woman Aircraft maintenance engineer in Indian airlines - Bhuwan Shree Gautam
• First woman Paratrooper in Indian Air force - Neeta Ghosh (1959)
• First woman Major General in Indian Army - G. M. Ram
• First woman to get ‘Shourya Chakra’ - Galeriya Beri (after death)
• First woman to get Military Medal - Vimla Devi (1988)
• First woman pilot to fly the plane of Indian air force - Harita Deol
• First woman M.P. in central legislative - Radhabai Subairan (1938)
• First woman member in legislative assembly(Madras) - Dr. S. Muthulakshmi Reddy
• First woman Deputy Chairperson of legislative assembly - Smt. Shanno Devi
• First woman mayor of a city (Madras) - Tara Cherian (1957)
• First woman mayor to be in a least age - Panchmarthi Anuradha (26)
• First woman English writer in India - Toaru Dutt
• First woman Surgeon - Dr. Prema Mukharjee
• First woman Barrister (1923, Allahabad High Court) - Kornoliya Sorabaji
• First woman Advocate - Regina Guhaa

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