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[23] [24] [25] Alka Khurana Sharma also one of the first women to join the Indian Army and served ten years in the Army Ordnance Corps. In 1992, she was the first woman officer to participate in the Army Day and the Republic Day parades. [26] Sapper Shanti Tigga was the first female jawan (private rank) in the Indian Army who joined in 2011. [15]
Mitali Madhumita is the second woman officer in the Indian Army to receive a gallantry award. [1] The first woman officer to be awarded Sena Medal for gallantry is Capt (Dr) CR Leena in 1995. Colonel Mitali Madhumita received the Sena Medal in 2011 [1] for exemplary courage shown during the attack on the Indian embassy by terrorists in Kabul ...
Janaki Devar. The Rani of Jhansi Regiment was the women's regiment of the Indian National Army, the armed force formed by Indian nationalists in 1942 in Southeast Asia with the aim of overthrowing the British Raj in colonial India, with Japanese assistance. It was one of the all-female combat regiments of the Second World War on all sides.
Avani Chaturvedi. Squadron Leader Avani Chaturvedi (born 27 October 1993) is an Indian pilot from Rewa district, Madhya Pradesh. She was declared as the first female combat pilot in India along with two of her cohorts, Mohana Singh Jitarwal, and Bhawana Kanth. [1][2] The trio was inducted into the Indian Air Force fighter squadron in June 2016 ...
Lieutenant General Dr. Madhuri Kanitkar (retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM is a retired General Officer in the Indian Army. She is the third woman in the Indian Armed Forces to be promoted to a Three-star rank, after Surgeon Vice Admiral Punita Arora and Air Marshal Padma Bandopadhyay. [1] She last served as the Deputy Chief of Integrated Defence Staff ...
1942. April. The first woman medical officer is commissioned into the Indian Medical Service (IMS) as an emergency commissioned officer. [5] The Women's Auxiliary Corps (India) (WAC-I) is formed the same month, rising to a peak strength of 11,000 across all ranks by the end of the war. Its members serve in various non-combatant roles.
Lakshmi Sahgal. Lakshmi Sahgal (pronunciation ⓘ) (born Lakshmi Swaminathan; 24 October 1914 – 23 July 2012) was a revolutionary of the Indian independence movement, an officer of the Indian National Army, and the Minister of Women's Affairs in the Azad Hind government. Lakshmi is commonly referred to in India as Captain Lakshmi, a reference ...
Indian Army. Rank. Captain. Unit. Corps of Signals. Alma mater. Officers Training Academy, Chennai. Nagpur University, Nagpur. Captain Tania Shergill is the first Indian woman Parade Adjutant to lead an all-man contingent at an Army Day function in Indian Army, Republic Day (India) in 2020. [1][2]