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HereisthelistofsomeofthemostpowerfulIndianwomenofourcountry,India.TheseIndianwomenarethephysicalmanifestofpower,dedictation
towardswork,will,graceandhaveshownextraordinarybrillianceintheirresectivefields.
With every ladder, these powerful Indian women take, be it business, sports, politics, arts, hospitality, entertainment, literature, name any, they keep
raisingthebarandbreakinguntouchedbarriers.
TheyarethepowerfulIndianwomenwhohavemadeIndiashineonaglobalplatform.
1879: JohnElliotDrinkwaterBethuneestablishedtheBethuneSchoolin1849inMirzapur,Kolkata,whichdevelopedintothe BethuneCollege
in1879,thusbecomingthefirstwomen'scollegeinIndia.
1883: ChandramukhiBasuand KadambiniGangulybecamethefirstIndianfemalegraduatesofIndiaandthe BritishEmpire.
1886: KadambiniGangulyand AnandiGopalJoshibecamethefirstIndianwomentobetrainedin Westernmedicine.
1905:SuzanneRD TatabecomesthefirstIndianwomantodriveacar.
1916:Thefirstwomen'suniversity, SNDTWomen'sUniversity,Mumbai,MaharastrawasfoundedonJune2,1916bythe SocialReformer
DhondoKeshavKarvewithjustfivestudents.
1917: AnnieBesantbecamethefirstfemalepresidentofthe IndianNationalCongress.
1919: PanditaRamabaibecamethefirstIndianwomantobeawardedthe KaiseriHindbythe BritishRajforherdistinguishedsocialservice.
1925: SarojiniNaidubecamethefirstIndianbornfemalepresidentoftheIndianNationalCongress.
1927:The AllIndiaWomen'sConferencewasfounded.
1944: AsimaChatterjeebecamethefirstIndianwomantobeconferredthe DoctorateofSciencebyanIndianuniversity
1947:OnAugust15,1947,followingindependence, SarojiniNaidubecamethegovernorofthe UnitedProvinces,andintheprocessbecame
India'sfirstwomangovernor.
1951:PremMathurbecomesthefirstIndianwomencommercialpilotofthe DeccanAirways.
1953: VijayaLakshmiPanditbecamethefirstwoman(andfirstIndian)presidentofthe UnitedNationsGeneralAssembly.
1959:AnnaChandybecomesthefirstIndianwomanjudgeofaHighCourt(KeralaHighCourt).
1963: SuchetaKriplanibecamethe ChiefMinisterofUttarPradesh,thefirstwomantoholdthatpositioninanyIndianstate.
1966:CaptainDurgaBanerjeebecomesthefirstIndianwomanpilotofthestateairline, IndianAirlines.
1966: KamaladeviChattopadhyaywins RamonMagsaysayawardforcommunityleadership.
1966: IndiraGandhibecomesthefirstwoman PrimeMinisterofIndia.
1970: KamaljitSandhubecomesthefirstIndianwomantowinaGoldinthe AsianGames.
1972: KiranBedibecomesthefirstfemalerecruittojointhe IndianPoliceService.
1979: MotherTeresawinsthe NobelPeacePrize,becomingthefirstIndianfemalecitizentodoso.
1984:OnMay23, BachendriPalbecamethefirstIndianwomantoclimb MountEverest.
1989:Justice M.FathimaBeevibecomesthefirstwomanjudgeofthe SupremeCourtofIndia.
1997: KalpanaChawlabecomesthefirstIndiabornwomantogointospace.
1992:PriyaJhinganbecomesthefirstladycadettojointhe IndianArmy(latercommissionedonMarch6,1993).
1994:HaritaKaurDeolbecomesthefirstIndianwomanpilotintheIndianAirForce(IAF),onasoloflight.
2000: KarnamMalleswaribecamethefirstIndianwomantowinanOlympicmedal(bronzemedalinthe 2000SummerOlympicsatSydney).
2002: LakshmiSahgalbecamethefirstIndianwomantorunforthepostofPresidentofIndia.
2004: PunitaArorabecamethefirstwomaninthe IndianArmytodonthehighestrankofLieutenantGeneral.
2007: GayatriChakravortySpivakbecamethefirstIndianwomantobeappointedas UniversityProfessoratan IvyLeagueuniversity(Columbia
University).
2007: PratibhaPatilbecomesthefirstwoman PresidentofIndia.
2008: RenuKhatorbecamethefirstIndiabornwomantoleadamajorAmericanuniversity,the UniversityofHouston.
2009: MeiraKumarbecamethefirstwomanSpeakerofLokSabha,thelowerhouseinIndianParliament
AgathaSangma:youngestMP,Unionministerofstateforruraldevelopment.

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