All About First Indian Women

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 Beevi (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)