Uttar Pradesh, the first woman to hold that position in any Indian state. 1966: Captain Durga Banerjee becomes the first Indian woman pilot of the state airline, Indian Airlines. 1966: Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay wins Ramon Magsaysay award for community leadership. 1966: Indira Gandhi becomes the first woman Prime Minister of India 1970: Kamaljit Sandhu becomes the first Indian woman to win a Gold in the Asian Games 1972: Kiran Bedi becomes the first female recruit to join the Indian Police Service. 1978: Sheila Sri Prakash becomes the first female entrepreneur to independently start an architecture firm 1979: Mother Teresa wins the Nobel Peace Prize, becoming the first Indian female citizen to do so. 1984: On 23 May, Bachendri Pal became the first Indian woman to climb Mount Everest. 1986: Surekha Yadav became the first Asian woman loco-pilot or railway driver. 1989: Justice M. Fathima Beevi becomes the first woman judge of the Supreme Court of India. 1991: Mumtaz M. Kazi became the first Asian woman to drive a diesel locomotive in September. 1992: Asha Sinha becomes the First Woman Commandant in the Paramilitary forces of India when she was appointed Commandan t, Central Industrial Security Force in Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited. 1992: Priya Jhingan becomes the first lady cadet to join the Indian Army (later commissioned on 6 March 1993) 1999: On 31 October, Sonia Gandhi became the first female Leader of the Opposition (India). The first Indian woman to win an Olympic Medal, Karnam Malleswari, a bronze medal at the Sydney Olympics in the 69 kg weight category in Weightlifting event. 2007: On 25 July, Pratibha Patil became the first female President of India. 2009: On 4 June, Meira Kumar became the first female Speaker of Lok Sabha. 2011: On 20 October, Priyanka N. drove the inaugural train of the Namma Metro becoming the first female Indian metro pilot. 2011:Mitali Madhumita made history by becoming the first woman officer to win a Sena Medal for gallantry. 2014: A record 7 female ministers are appointed in the Modi ministry, of whom 6 hold Cabinet rank, the highest number of female Cabinet ministers in any Indian government in history. Ministries such as Defence and External Affairs are being held by Women Ministers. 2015: Sumita Bose the first author and first woman to write the autism book in India. http://indiabookofrecords.in/first-book-on-autism/ 2016: J. Jayalalithaa, became the first woman chief minister in India to rule