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Category

Name

1

First Actress to win Padma Shri Award

Nargis Dutt, 1958

2

First Dadasaheb Phalke Award

Devika Rani in 1969

3

First Indian recipient of 'Oscar Award'

Bhanu Athaiya

4

First Indian woman ( lady) to become "Miss World"

Rita Faria

5

First Indian woman Air Vice Marshal

P. Bandopadhyaya

6

First Indian woman Airline Pilot

Durga Banerjee

7

First Indian woman Ambassador

Miss C.B. Muthamma

8

First Indian woman chairman of Union Public Service Commission

Roze Millian Bethew

8

First Indian woman chairperson of Indian Airlines

Sushma Chawla