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title: "Women in Indian Politics: 1st Achievements"
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# Women in Indian Politics: 1st Achievements

## First Among Indian Women

| Achievement / Position | Name |
| --- | --- |
| First Woman President of India | Smt. Pratibha Patil |
| First Woman Prime Minister of India | Indira Gandhi |
| First Woman Speaker of the Lok Sabha | Meira Kumar (2009) |
| First Woman Governor of an Indian State | Sarojini Naidu (Uttar Pradesh) |
| First Woman Chief Minister of an Indian State | Sucheta Kripalani (Uttar Pradesh) |
| First Woman Judge of the Supreme Court | Justice M. Fathima Beevi (1989) (also the first Muslim woman appointed to the higher judiciary) |
| First Woman Chief Justice of a High Court | Leila Seth (Himachal Pradesh High Court) |
| First Woman High Court Judge | Anna Chandy (Kerala High Court; she also became India’s first female District Judge in 1937) |
| First Woman Union Minister | Rajkumari Amrit Kaur (Health Portfolio) |
| First Woman President of the UN General Assembly | Vijay Lakshmi Pandit |
| First Woman Chairperson of the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) | Rose Millian Bathew |
| First Woman Chief Election Commissioner | V.S. Ramadevi |
| First Woman Chief Information Commissioner | Deepak Sandhu (2013) |
| First Woman Central Vigilance Commissioner | Ranjana Kumar |
| First Woman Lieutenant General | Puneeta Arora |
| First Woman Railway Minister | Mamata Banerjee |
| First Woman Foreign Minister | Sushma Swaraj |
| First Woman Nominated Member of the Rajya Sabha | Rukmini Devi Arundale |
| First Woman Actor Nominated to the Rajya Sabha | Nargis Dutt |
| First Chairperson of the National Commission for Women (NCW) | Jayanti Patnaik |
| First Woman Lawyer Directly Elevated to Supreme Court Judge | Indu Malhotra |

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