First women of India Part 2

First women of India Part 2

First women of India Part 2

First women of India Part 2

61. Bhavani Devi – First Indian woman Olympic fencer.

62. Bachendri Pal – First Indian woman to scale Mount Everest.

63. Arunima Sinha – First female amputee to scale Everest.

64. Hima Das – First Indian woman to win gold at an international track event.

65. Saikhom Mirabai Chanu – First Indian woman weightlifter to win silver at Olympics.

66. Lovlina Borgohain – First female boxer from Assam to win Olympic medal.

67. Dutee Chand – First openly LGBTQ+ Indian athlete.

68. Tania Sachdev – First Indian woman Grandmaster in chess (along with Koneru).

69. Koneru Humpy – First Indian woman to become World Rapid Chess Champion.

70. Rani Rampal – First woman to captain Indian hockey team in Olympics.

71. Devika Rani – First woman superstar of Indian cinema.

72. Durgabai Kamat – First Indian actress in a film (silent film era).

73. Zubeida – First actress in India’s first talkie, Alam Ara (1931).

74. Fatma Begum – First female film director in Indian cinema.

75. Nargis Dutt – First actress to win Padma Shri.

76. Vyjayanthimala – First South Indian actress to achieve mainstream Bollywood stardom.

77. Surekha Sikri – First woman to win 3 National Film Awards in acting.

78. Sushmita Sen – First Indian woman to win Miss Universe (1994).

79. Aishwarya Rai – First Indian Miss World to become global cinema star.

80. Bhanu Athaiya – First Indian woman to win an Oscar (for Costume Design).

81. Lata Mangeshkar – First Indian woman to be honored with Bharat Ratna in music.

82. M.S. Subbulakshmi – First musician to receive Bharat Ratna.

83. Indrani Rahman – First Indian woman to represent India in Miss Universe (1952).

84. Sonal Mansingh – First Indian classical dancer nominated to Rajya Sabha.

85. Geeta Dutt – First Indian woman playback singer with national popularity.

86. Savitribai Phule – First woman teacher and poet in India.

87. Toru Dutt – First Indian woman poet in English literature.

88. Mahadevi Verma – First woman to receive Jnanpith Award for Hindi.

89. Amrita Pritam – First Punjabi woman novelist and poet of national fame.

90. Ismat Chughtai – First Urdu woman writer to openly challenge patriarchy.

91. Shobhaa De – First Indian woman to pioneer tabloid journalism & pulp fiction.

92. Prabha Dutt – First female war correspondent.

93. Homai Vyarawalla – First female photojournalist in India.

94. K.R. Meera – First Indian woman to win Sahitya Akademi for Malayalam novella.

95. Namita Gokhale – Co-founder of Jaipur Lit Fest and literary champion.

96. Pandita Ramabai – First woman Sanskrit scholar & education reformer.

97. Begum Rokeya – First Muslim woman educationist and founder of a school for girls (Bengal).

98. Anuradha Lohia – First woman Vice-Chancellor of Presidency University, Kolkata.

99. Malati Choudhury – First woman Gandhian educationist in Odisha.

100. Manabi Bandyopadhyay – First transgender woman college principal.

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