August 14, 2009

First Lady in India

Salute of all these legendary personalities who made change in Indian history

President - Pratibhatai patil (2007)

Run for the post of President of India - Cap. Lakshmi Sahgal (2002)

Prime Minister - Indira Gandhi (1966)

Speaker of Lok sabha - Meira Kumar (2009)

Governor- Sarojini Naidu (1947)

Indian born woman to become the President of the Indian National Congress - Sarojini Naidu (1925)

IAS officer -Anna Rajam George(1950)

IPS officer - Dr. Kiran Bedi (1972)

Miss World - Reita Faria (1966)

Miss Universe - Sushmita Sen (1994)

Chief Minister - Suchetha Kripalani (1963)

Nobel Prize winner - Mother Teresa (1979)

Graduates - Chandramukhi Basu and Kadambini Ganguly (1883)

Doctor - Anandibai Joshi and Kadambini Ganguly (1886)

Drive a car - Suzanne RD Tata (1905)

Doctorate of Science - Asima Chatterjee (1944)

Commercial pilot - Prem Mathur (1951)

Judge of a Court - Anna Chandy (1937)

Chief Justice of a High Court - Leila Seth (1991)

Win a Gold in the Asian Games - Kamaljit Sandhu (1970)

Climb Mount Everest - Bachendri Pal (1984)

India-born woman to go into space - Kalpana Chawla (1997)

Cadet to join the Indian Army - Priya Jhingan (1992)

Pilot in the Indian Air Force - Harita Kaur Deol (1994)

Reach in the final of an Olympic event - P.T. Usha (1984)

Won an Olympic medal - Karnam Malleswari (2000)

Director of Indian Cinema - Fatima Begum (1926)

Reach at highest rank of Indian Army (Lieutenant General) - Punita Arora (2004)

Booker awards winner - Arundhati Roy (1997)

Static line jump on the North Pole - Shital Mahajan (2004)

Recipient of Dadasaheb Phalke Award - Devika Rani (1970)

Railway Engine driver - Surekha Yadav (1992)

Swim the English Channel - Arati Gupta (Saha) (1959)

Won a grand slam title at Australian Open - Sania Mirza (2009)

Test tube baby - Durga (Kanupriya Agarwal) (1978)

Minister in government - Rajkumari Amrit Kaur (1947)

Central Minister (in pre-independent India) - Vijayalakshmi Pandit (1937)

Ambassador - Vijayalakshmi Pandit (1947)

Won an Oscar award - Bhanu Athaiya (1982)

Chief Information Commissioner - Deepak Sandhu (2013)

Director General of Police - Kanchan Chaudhary Bhattacharya (2004)

PhD holder in photography - Tulika Sahu (2015)



Proud to have a girl child......

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