First women of India

FIRST WOMEN OF THE LARGEST DEMOCRACY : INDIA

1. First woman President of Indian National Congress – Annie Besant (1917)
   
2. First Indian woman President of Indian National Congress – Sarojini Naidu (1925)
3. First woman Ambassador from India – Vijay Lakshmi Pandit (to USSR from 1947-49)
4. First woman Governor of an Indian State – Sarojini Naidu (UP from 1947-48)
5. First woman Minister of an Indian State – Vijay Lakshmi Pandit (UP)
6. First Mayor of Delhi – Aruna Asif Ali (1958)
7. First woman Central Minister – Rajkumari Amrit Kaur
8. First woman Film star to be a member of Rajya Sabha – Nargis Dutt
9. First woman Chief Minister of an Indian State – Sucheta Kriplani (UP from 1963-67)
10. First woman Prime Minister of India – Indira Gandhi (1966-77 & 1980-84)
11. First woman Speaker of an Indian State – Shano Devi
12. First woman winner of the Bharat Ratna – Indira Ghandi (1971)
13. First woman Judge of the Supreme Court – Justice M Fatima Bevi (1989)
14. First woman Chief Justice of a High Court – Leila Seth (CJ of Himachal Pradesh 1991)
15. India’s officially recognized billionth citizen – Aastha (Born on May 11, 2000 at ND)