| Woman
(Muslim) Ruler of India ------
Razia
Sultana (1236-1240) |
| Woman
Advocate ------------------- Cornelia
Sorabji (1894) |
Woman
Ambassador ------------------
Vijayalakshmi
Pandit
(U.S.S.R., 1947-1949) |
| Woman
at Antarctica
----------------- Meher
Moos (1976) |
| Woman
Central Minister
-------------- Rajkumari
Amrit Kaur (Health) |
| Woman
Chief Justice (High Court) -- Leila
Seth (Himachal Pradesh, 1991) |
Woman
Chief Minister
----------------- Sucheta
Kriplani
(Uttar Pradesh, 1963-1967) |
| Woman
Foreign Minister
-------------- Lakshmi
N. Menon (1957-1966) |
| Woman
Secretary General of Rajya Sabha
--- V.S.Rama
Devi (1993) |
Woman
Governor
--------------------- Sarojini
Naidu
(Uttar Pradesh, 1963-1967) |
| Woman
IAS Officer -----------------
Anna
Rajam George (1950) |
| Woman
IPS Officer -----------------
Kiran Bedi
(1974) |
| Woman
Jet Commander ------------ Saudamini
Deshmukh |
Woman
Jnanpith Award Winner ----- Ashapurna
Devi, Prathama
Pratishruti (1976) |
| Woman
Judge of Supreme Court ----- Meera
Sahib Fatima Beevi (1989) |
Woman
Minister of State
------------- Vijayalakshmi
Pandit
(Uttar Pradesh, 1937) |
Woman
Missionary
-------------------- Sanghamitra,
daughter of King
Ashoka (Sri Lanka, 3rd C.BC) |
| Woman
Pilot (Commercial) -------- Prem
Mathur (Deccan Airways, 1951) |
| Woman
Pilot (Indian Airlines) -----
Durga
Banerjee (1966-1988) |
| Woman
President of Indian National Congress
--- Annie
Besant (1917) |
| Woman
President of UN General Assembly -- Vijayalakshmi
Pandit (1953) |
| Woman
Prime Minister -------------- Indira
Gandhi (1966-1977, 1980-1984) |
| Woman
Sahitya Akademi Award Winner --- Amrita
Pritam, Sunehre (1956) |
| Woman
to climb Mount Everest ----- Bachendri
Pal (1984) |
| Woman
to perform a solo Flight ---- Harita
Kaur Deol (1944) |
| Woman
to swim across English Channel ---- Arati
Saha (1959) |
| Woman
to swim across the Strait of Gibraltar
--- Arti
Pradhan |
| Woman
to win an Asian Gold ------- Kamaljit
Sandhu (1970) |
| Woman
to go in Space ------------- Dr.
Kalpana Chawla (November 1997) |