Question

Describe the contribution made by women of India in different fields on the national and international scene.

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Explanation:

Anandibai Gopalrao Joshi

Anandibai Gopalrao Joshi became the first Indian female physician in the year 1887. She was also the first Indian woman who was trained in Western medicine and the first woman to travel to the United States of America.

2. Roshini Sharma

Roshini Sharma recently became the first Indian woman to ride a motorbike from Kanyakumari to Kashmir.Anandibai Gopalrao Joshi

3. Shila Dawre

Shila Dawre became country's first woman auto rickshaw driver when she first stepped into the 'male-dominated' zone in the year 1988. Pune based Dawre wants to now start an academy for women interested in becoming trained auto drivers.

4. Arunima Sinha

Arunima Sinha is the first female amputee to climb Mount Everest. She is also the first Indian amputee to climb the Everest. She was a national level volleyball player who was pushed from a running train by thieves in 2011 as she was resisting them. After meeting this accident, one of her legs had to be amputated below the knee.

5. Reita Faria Powel

Reita Faria Powel is an Indian model, doctor and beauty queen, who won Miss World 1966 to become the first Asian woman to win the title. She also went on to become the first Miss World winner to qualify as a doctor.

6. Arati Saha

Arati Saha became the first Indian and Asian woman to swim across English Channel in the year 1959. She also became the first female sportsperson to be awarded Padma Shri in 1960.

7. Mithali Raj

Mithali Raj was the first woman to score a double hundred in Test Cricket (214* against New Zealand at Wellington, 2004). She was the first to achieve this landmark in the world.

8. Mother Teresa

Mother Teresa became the first Indian woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979. Mother Teresa founded many Missionaries of Charity, a Roman Catholic religious congregation, giving her life to social work.

9. Indira Gandhi

Indira Gandhi became the first woman Prime Minister of India and served from 1966 to 1977. Indira Gandhi was named as the "Woman of the Millennium" in a poll which was organised by BBC in 1999. In 1971, she became the first woman to receive the Bharat Ratna award.

10. Pratibha Patil

Pratibha Patil became the first woman President of India and held office from July 2007 to July 2012.