Surekha, now 51, became India’s first female passenger train driver in 1988. The Indian Railways, a traditionally male-dominated industry, had finally opened its doors to women.The...
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Indian First Ladies-KarnamMalleswari – First Indian weightlifter to win an Olympic medal.
Karnam Malleswari is the first woman Olympic medallist in weightlifting representing India.She is famously known as the Iron Lady of India. Smt. Malleswari won the world...
Continue reading...Indian First Ladies-Radhika Menon -India’s first female Merchant Navy Captain
She is regarded as India’s first female master mariner. Captain Radhika Menon got her first command in the year 2012, when she assumed the post of...
Continue reading...Indian First Ladies-Nicole Faria – First Indian woman to win the Miss Earth title
Nicole Faria has her roots in Bangalore and has won the coveted title of Miss Earth in 2010. She is the first woman from India to...
Continue reading...Indian First Ladies-Ayesha Aziz – The youngest pilot in India and the first female pilot from Kashmir
Ayesha Aziz, at a tender age of 16 received her student license to fly in 2011. She flew a MIG-29 fighter jet at Russia’s Sokul airbase...
Continue reading...Indian First Ladies-P.V Sindhu – First Indian woman to win an Olympic silver medal
PusarlaVenkata Sindhu took her game to the global league, when she became the first Indian sportswoman to win silver in badminton and reached the finals in...
Continue reading...Indian First Ladies-PriyaJhingan – First Lady Cadet to join Indian Army
Major PriyaJhingan is the first woman to join the Indian Army in 1992. She hails from Shimla and she had the courage to write to the...
Continue reading...Indian First Ladies-Deepa Malik – First woman to win a medal at the Paralympics
An eminent sports personality, Padma Shri and Arjuna Awardee, Smt. Deepa Malik is India’s first female para-athlete to win a medal at the Paralympics (Rio, 2016)....
Continue reading...Indian First Ladies-Bachendri Pal – First Indian woman to reach the Mount Everest summit
Smt. Bachendri Pal is the first Indian legendary woman mountaineer who reached the Mount Everest summit in 1984. She had her name listed in the Guinness...
Continue reading...In the end, truth will win: Kejriwal on office of profit controversy
In the end, truth will win: Kejriwal on office of profit controversy
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