Famous Women of India

1.Write About an Indian Woman Who Has Significant Achievements in the Field of Literature?

• Jhumpa Lahiri is an American author of Indian origin.
• Her full name is Nilanjana Sudeshna Lahiri.
• Her notable literary works include The Namesake, Unaccustomed Earth, and The Lowland.
• Apart from writing in English, she also writes in Italian.
• She won the Pulitzer in 2000 for her notable literary work 'Interpreter of Maladies.'

 

2.Who Is Arunima Sinha?

• Arunima Sinha is a physically disabled woman known for tracing Mount Everest in 2013.
• She is the first woman amputee from India who climbed Everest.

3.Who Was Savitribai Phule?

• Savitribai Phule was a social worker from Maharashtra who played a crucial role in India's feminist movement.
• She also worked on gender-based discrimination in society and empowered women.
• She opened the first Indian girls' school in Pune along with her husband.
• She was a teacher by profession and used to teach girls. She opposed Sati and supported widow remarriage.

4.Who Was Ahilyabai Holkar?

• Ahilyabai Holkar was the queen of the Maratha kingdom.
• She established the Holkar dynasty in Maharashtra.
• She was a social reformer who campaigned against child marriage and supported widow remarriage.

5.Who Was Begum Rokea?

• Begum Rokea was a social reformer, an educationist, a writer and a pioneer of the feminist movement in British India from Bengal.
• She established schools for girls and motivated them to stay informed and educated.
• She wrote a few novels: Matichur, Sultana's dream, and Abarodhbashini.

6.Who Was the First Female Engineer in India?

• Ayyalasomayajula Lalitha was the first female engineer in India.
• She was born and brought up in Chennai.
• After graduating in electrical engineering, she worked in many eminent engineering firms in India.
• She was the first Indian female who was part of the International Conference of Women Engineers and Scientists.

7.Who Was the First Indian Woman to Swim Across the English Channel?

• Arati Gupta Saha was the first Indian woman to swim across the English Channel.
• In 1960 the government of India awarded her with the Padma Shri title, the highest civilian award in India.

8.Who Was Asima Chatterjee?

• Asima Chatterjee was a notable Indian female chemist who did many research works on different chemicals.
• She developed anti-epileptic and anti-malarial drugs.

9.Who Was the First Female Commercial Pilot in India?

• Prem Mathur was the first female commercial pilot in India.
• Although she received the commercial pilot licence, being a female was rejected by many Indian airline companies.
• She worked as a co-pilot for Deccan Airlines and worked as a private pilot. Later she joined Indian airlines as a captain.

10.Who Was the First Indian Female Army Officer?

• Priya Jhingan was the first female Indian army officer.
• She joined the army training on a special request to a chief army officer.
• She has an interest in adventure sports and has participated in television shows based on adventure sports.

11.Who Was Cornelia Sorabji?

• Cornelia Sorabji was the first female Indian lawyer.
• She was the first female graduate from Bombay University who studied law at Oxford University.
• Apart from being a lawyer, she was a progressive lady and a social reformer.

12.Who Is Deepa Malik?

• Deepa Malik is a disabled female Indian athlete.
• She is the first Indian disabled woman to receive a medal in the Paralympic Games.
• She won a silver medal in the shot put at the 2016 Paralympic Games.