India's First Women PDF

# India's First Women Here are some famous Indian women with firsts to their names. Use the pictures, help box and descriptions as clues to identify them and fill in the blanks with their names. 1. The first Indian woman to get an aviation pilot licence and fly an aircraft. 2. She was the first...

# India's First Women Here are some famous Indian women with firsts to their names. Use the pictures, help box and descriptions as clues to identify them and fill in the blanks with their names. 1. The first Indian woman to get an aviation pilot licence and fly an aircraft. 2. She was the first Indian-born American woman to go to space. She lost her life in 2003 when the space shuttle Columbia was re-entering the Earth's atmosphere at the conclusion of a mission. 3. Called the Iron Lady of Manipur, she holds the record for the longest hunger strike (16 years), demanding that the Government repeal the act that gave the Indian Army special powers in Manipur. 4. Holder of an MBA degree, she left her corporate job to become the first woman sarpanch of India in Soda, a village 60 kms from Jaipur. 5. This banker is the first woman chairperson of the State Bank of India. 6. She was the first Indian woman to climb Mt Everest, in 1984. 7. She was the first woman to join the officer rank of the Indian Police Service in 1972. 8. The first Indian Miss Universe, she won the title in 1994. 9. India's first woman photojournalist, she was awarded the Padma Vibhushan in 2011. 10. She was the first Asian woman and the youngest in the world to set a record in open swimming in Antarctic waters in 2015. ## Help Box * Kalpana Chawla * Irom Sharmila * Sushmita Sen * Kiran Bedi * Bhakti Sharma * Bachendri Pal * Chhavi Rajawat * Homai Vyarawalla * Sarla Thakral * Arundhati Bhattacharya ## Whiz Fact A farmer's daughter from Assam, Hima Das, known as the Dhing Express, became the first Indian sprinter to win a gold medal at an international track event. She achieved this by winning the 400 m event at the World Under-20 Championship in 2018. A gifted footballer as well, she won five international gold medals in July 2019. She is UNICEF India's first ever youth ambassador.