Inspiring Women

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  1. 3. She is also called as ''Human Computer'' because of her skill in large mental calculations. She entered into the Guinness Book of World Records in 1982 for demonstrating the multiplication of two 13-digit numbers which was answered correctly in 28 seconds.
  2. 8. The 22-year-old was a flight attendant and received Ashoka Chakra from India and Tamgha-e-Pakistan from Pakistan for saving hundreds of passengers on Pan Am Flight 73, which was hijacked in Karachi in 1986. She was shot dead while helping passengers to escape through an emergency exit.
  3. 9. She is an Indian mountaineer and sportswoman. She is the world's first female amputee to scale Mount Everest, Mount Kilimanjaro, Mount Elbrus, Mount Kosciusko, Mount Aconcagua, Mount Denali and Mount Vinson. She is also a seven time Indian volleyball player.
  4. 10. She is an Indian mountaineer. She is the first Indian woman to climb the summit of world's highest mountain, Mount Everest, what she did in 1984.
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  1. 1. She was an Indian-born American astronaut and aerospace engineer who was the first woman of Indian origin to go to space.
  2. 2. The women who opened the first school for girls
  3. 4. She was India's first, and to date only, female prime minister and a central figure of the Indian National Congress
  4. 5. Winner of the silver medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics in the Women’s 49 kg weightlifting category, She is the power lady of India. She made her debut at the 2016 Rio Olympics and became the second Indian in 22 years to grab gold at the World Weightlifting Championships after Karnam Malleswari.
  5. 6. She is an Indian Gymnast from Tripura State. She is the first gymnast of India who competed in the Olympics.
  6. 7. She is not only famous for getting selected as the first women to join the Indian Police Service (IPS) but also bringing various reforms to safeguard women. She is an inspirational icon to many Civil Service aspirants.