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FIRST WOMEN IN VARIOUS FIELDS <<<
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1. India's First Woman Railway Driver - Surekha Shankar Yadav

2. India's First Woman Tabla Maestro - Dr. Aban Mistry

3. India's First Recognized Billionth Citizen - Astha

4. India's First Woman Airbus Pilot - Durba Banerjee

5. First Woman Secretary General Of Rajya Sabha - V. S. Rama Devi

6. First Indian Woman to Win Magsaysay Award - Kiran Bedi

7. First Indian Woman Cricketer to Get 100 Wickets - Diana Eduljee

8. First Indian Paratrooper of Indian Air Force - Nita Ghose

9. First Indian Woman To Complete Her MBBS - Kadambini Ganguli Bose In 1888

10. First Woman Chief Engineer - P. K. Tresia Nanguli

11. First Indian Woman at Antarctica - Meher Moos In 1976

12. First Woman Foreign Minister - Lakshmi N. Menon

13. First Woman Commercial Pilot - Prem Mathur of Deccan Airways

14. First Woman Sahitya Award Winner - Amrita Pritam

15. First Woman President of Indian Science Congress - Dr. Ashima Chatterjee

16. First Woman to Win WTA Tennis Tournament - Sania Mirza

17. First Chief Justice of Mumbai High Court - Justice Sujaata B Manohar

18. First Indian Woman Advocate - Regina Guha

19. First Indian Woman Barrister - Cornotia Sorabji

20. First Woman Surgeon - Dr. Prema Mukherjee

21. First Woman To Get Arjun Award - N. Lumsden (1961)

22. First Woman Chairman of Bank - Tarzani Vakil

23. First Woman Chairperson of National Woman Commission - Mrs. Jayanti Patnayak

24. First Indian Woman To Receive Asiad Gold Medal - Kamalji Sandhu

25. First Woman Speaker of State Assembly - Mrs. Shano Devi