CUET GK TOPICS: Women Record Makers (India)

Women Record Makers (India)

1. First woman Prime Minister – Mrs Indira Gandhi
2. First woman Chief Minister of a State – Mrs Sucheta Kripalani
3. First woman Minister – Mrs Vijayalakshmi Pandit
4. First woman Central Minister – Rajkumari Amrit Kaur
5. First woman Speaker of Lok Sabha – Mrs Meira Kumar
6. First woman Governor of a State – Mrs Sarojini Naidu
7. First Indian woman President of Indian National Congress – Annie Besant
8. First Indian woman President of UN General Assembly – Mrs Vijayalakshmi Pandit
9. First Muslim woman to sit on the throne of Delhi – Razia Sultana
10. First woman to swim across the English Channel – Miss Arti Saha (now Mrs Arti Gupta)
11. First woman to climb Mount Everest – Bachhendri Pal
12. First woman to circumnavigate (sail round the world) – Ujwala Rai
13. First woman IAS Officer – Anna George Malhotra
14. First woman IPS Officer – Kiran Bedi
15. First woman Advocate – Cornelia Sorabji
16. First woman Judge – Anna Chandi
17. First woman Judge of a High Court – Anna Chandi
18. First woman Judge of Supreme Court – M. Fathima Bibi
19. First woman Chief Justice of a High Court – Leila Seth
20. First woman Doctor – Kadambini Ganguli
21. First woman to pass MA – Chandra Mukhi Bose
22. First woman editor of English newspaper – Dina Vakil
23. First woman Chief Engineer – P.K. Thresia
24. First woman to receive a Sena Medal – Constable Bimla Devi (88 BN of CRPF) – 1990
25. Youngest woman to climb Mount Everest – Dicky Dolma (19) from Manali – 1993
26. First woman to climb Mount Everest two times – Santosh Yadav (ITBP Officer) – 1993
27. First Lady Magistrate – Omana Kunjamma
28. First woman to win Nobel Prize – Mother Teresa
29. First to be crowned Miss India – Pramita (Ester Victoria Abraham) – 1947
30. First to be crowned Miss Universe – Sushmita Sen
31. First to be crowned Miss World – Reita Faria (1966)
32. First woman President – Pratibha Devi Singh Patil
33. First woman Speaker of a State Assembly – Shano Devi (Punjab)