Women we should know about!

Who was the first woman to become chief minister of a state in India?

An Indian freedom fighter and politician, who served as the head of the Uttar Pradesh government from 1963 to 1967.

• Sucheta Kripalani

• Ujwala Rai

• Razia Sultana

• Sarojini Naidu

She is the first Indian athlete (sprint runner) to win gold at the IAAF World Under-20 Athletics Championship in 2018 and to hold the Indian national record in 400 meters, with a timing of 50.79s?

• Dutee Chand

• Hima Das

• PT Usha

• Ashwini Nachappa

Who is the first ever woman scientist to head a missile project in India?

She said "Science knows no gender!"

• Tessy Thomas

• Nandini Harinath

• Manju Sharma

• Chandrima Saha

She was first musician ever to be awarded the Bharat Ratna.

• Lata Mangeshkar

• M. S. Subbulakshmi

• Sarojini Naidu

• Asha Bhosle

She was the first Indian woman President of the UN General Assembly.

• Indira Gandhi

• Gita Gopinath

• Vijay Laxmi Pandit

• Leila Seth

One of the first Indian female physician, to be trained in the tradition of Western medicine.

Death of her son due to lack of medical care inspired her to pursue medicine.

• Dr. Muthulakshmi reddy

• Dr. Anandi Gopal Joshi

• Dr. V. Shanta

Who is the first Indian to become the Badminton World Champion and the first Indian woman to earn an Olympic silver medal?

• Sania Nehwal

• Ashwini ponnappa

• Jwala Gutta

• P V Sindhu

Who is the first Indian woman who won the Booker Prize for her novel The God of Small Things (1997)?

She is also a political activist involved in human rights and environmental causes.

• Shobha De

• Anita Desai

• Arundhati Roy

• Nayantara Sahgal

Who among the following became the first-ever woman to be inducted into the Indian Air Force fighter squadron as a combat pilot in June 2016?

• Bhawana Kanth

• Mohana Singh Jitarwal

• Avani Chaturvedi

• All of the above

Theme for this year's International Women's day?

• "Time is Now: Rural and urban activists transforming women's lives”

• 'Choose To Challenge'. A challenging world is an alert world. And from challenge comes change.

• "I am Generation Equality: Realizing Women’s Rights”

• Think equal, build smart, innovate for change."