FIRST IN INDIA (WOMEN)

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First Woman President of India : Pratibha Patil Delhi’s First Mayor: Aruna Asaf Ali (1958)  Delhi's First woman chief secretary: Shailja Chandra Fastest Asian to swim across the English Channel: Anita Sood First all-women crew    to fly an air Force Chetak Helicopter: Flight Cadets Cheryl Dutta and Simran Sodhi of IAF (December, 1995). First Asian woman magistrate appointed in United Kingdom: Kantha Talwar First Asian woman mayor in United Kingdom: Lata Patel First Indian woman President of Indian National Congress: Sarojini Naidu (1925) First Indian woman producer and director: Fatima Begum, who produced and directed Bulbul-e-Parastan in 1926. First Indian woman to become Miss Universe: Sushmita Sen (1994) First Indian woman to become Miss World: Reita Faria (1966) First Indian woman to climb Mt. Everest: Bachendri Pal First Indian Woman to go in space: Kalpana Chawla  First woman to head any Wakf board in India :  Bader Sayeed (TN Wakf  Board) First Indian woman to reach the final of an Olympic event: P.T.Usha First Indian woman to win a medal in an Olympic event: Karnam Malleshwari (bronze medal, Sydney Olympics)  First Indian woman boxer to win an international event : M.C.Merykom First Indian woman to swim across the English Channel: Arati Saha  First Miss Universe of the new millennium: Lara Dutta First woman Ambassador from India: Vijay Lakshmi Pandit (to USSR from 1947-49) First woman Central Minister: Rajkumari Amrit Kaur First woman chief justice of a High Court: Leila Seth (CJ of Himachal Pradesh, 1991) First woman Chief Minister of an Indian state: Sucheta Kriplani  (Uttar Pradesh from 1963-1967) First woman film star to be a member of Rajya Sabha: Nargis Dutt First woman Governor of an Indian state: Sarojini Naidu (Uttar Pradesh from 1947-1948) First woman Governor of Tamil Nadu: Justice M. Fatima Beevi (1997) First woman IPS Officer of India: Kiran Bedi First woman Judge of the Supreme Court: Justice M. Fatima Beevi (1989) First woman judicial officer: Anna Chandy, who was appointed munsif in the Travancore state in 1937. First woman Minister of an Indian state: Vijay Lakshmi Pandit (Uttar Pradesh) First woman officer of the Indian Air Force (IAF) to be promoted to the rank of air commodore: 55-year old Padma Bandhopadhyay who was commissioned to the IAF in 1968. First woman President of Indian National Congress: Annie Besant (1917) First woman President of UN General Assembly: Vijay Lakshmi Pandit (1953-54) First woman Prime Minister of India: Late Indira Gandhi (1966-1977 and 1980-1984). First woman Speaker of an Indian state: Shano Devi First woman Speaker of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly :Kavali Prathibha Bharati First woman winner of the Bharat Ratna: Indira Gandhi (1971) Grandma Madonna from India: Asha Bhonsle India's first commercial pilot: Durba Banerjee  (1966, Indian Airlines) India's first Test-Tube Baby: Kruti Parekh India's first woman railway driver: Surekha Yadao India's first woman tabla maestro : Dr Aban Mistry India's officially recognized billionth citizen:  Astha (She was born on May 11,2000 at New Delhi). World's first woman Airbus pilot: Durba Banerjee Youngest Indian to swim across the English Channel: Arati Pradhan