[Updated] List of First Female Personalities in India, Study Notes, Material – All Teaching Exams

First Indian Female

to win an Olympic medal

Karnam Malleswari (Bronze)

Airline Pilot

Durba Banerjee

to go into space

Kalpana Chawla

to climb Mt. Everest

Bachendri Pal

to swim across the English Channel

Arati Saha (also known as Arati Gupta)

Musician to get “Bharat Ratna”

M.S.Subbulakshmi

to win a Gold in Asian Games

Kamaljeet Sandhu

to win the Booker Prize

Arundhati Roy

to win WTA Title

Sania Mirza

to win Nobel Prize

Mother Teresa

to get Jnanpith Award

Ashapurna Devi

to get Ashok Chakra

Nirja Bhanot

President

Mrs Pratibha Patil

Prime Minister

Mrs Indira Gandhi

Governor

Sarojini Naidu

Ruler (Delhi’s throne)

Razia Sultan

IPS Officer

Kiran Bedi

Chief Minister of a state

Sucheta Kripalani (the State was Uttar Pradesh)

Judge of the Supreme Court

Meera Sahib Fatima Bibi

President at UN General Assembly

Vijayalakshmi Pandit

Union Minister

Rajkumari  Amrita Kaur

Miss Universe

Sushmita Sen

Miss World

Reita Faria