Women's Day 2018: Incredible women of India
'Don't let anyone tell you-you're weak because you're a woman.' - Mary Kom, a boxing champion and Rajya Sabha MP. So true are those words.
Today March 8, International Women's Day, is about celebrating the women power- 'Narishakti'. Many Indian women have made the country proud in different areas of human activity from space programme to the world of sports. Their achievements have a set a new milestone for future generations.
Take a look at incredible women achievers of India:
| First women President of India | Pratibha Devisingh Patil |
| First woman prime minister of India | Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi |
| First Indian woman in space | Kalpana Chawla |
| First Indian woman in Army | Punita Arora/ Priya Jhingan |
| First Indian woman in Everest | Bachendri Pal |
| First Indian woman in Navy | Shubhangi Swaroop |
| First Indian woman in Olympics | Karnam Malleswari |
| First Indian woman who won a silver medal in Olympics | P.V. Sindhu |
| First Indian miss world/Miss India | Reita Faria Powell |
| First Indian miss universe | Sushmita Sen |
| First Indian actress | Zubeida Begum |
| First Indian woman singer | Rajkumari Dubey |
| First Indian woman doctor | Anandi Gopal Joshi |
| First Indian woman to win Nobel prize | Mother Teresa |
| First woman IPS officer | Kiran Bedi |
| First woman rider | Roshini Sharma |
| First woman autorickshaw driver | Shila dawre |
| First woman to score a double 100 in test cricket | Mithali Raj |
| First flying officer in the Air Force | Anjali Gupta |
| First female SC judge | M. Fathima beevi |
| Female pilot of Indian Airlines | Durga Banerjee |
| First Indian woman to win Oscar | Bhanu Athaiya |
| Mrs World | Aditi Gowitrikar |
| India’s first female fighter pilot | Avani Chaturvedi |
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