FIRST WOMEN OF THE LARGEST DEMOCRACY : INDIA

Women had played an Important role in the Modern World. Here are some of the most successful & first women of the world, who lead a Nation, a Party, a State, etc.

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

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