FIRST WOMEN

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)