Woman Rights in India

INDECENT REPRESENTATION FOR WOMEN ACT

Kamaljit Sandu becomes the first Indian woman to win a Gold in the Asians Games

Captain Durga Banerjee becomes the first Indian woman pilot of the state airline, Indian Airline

Justice M Fathima beevi becomes the first woman judge of the Supreme Court of India

Kalpana Chawla becomes the first India-born woman to go into space

Priya Jhingan becomes the first lady cadet to join the Indian Army (later comissioned on 6 March 1993)

Harita Kaur Deol becomes the first Indian woman pilot in the Indian Air Force, on a solo flight

Mother Teresa wins the Nobel Peace Prize, becoming the first Indian female citizen to do so

Kiran Bedi becomes the first female recruit to join the Indian Police Service

The Dowry Prohibation Act

NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR WOMEN ACT

PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS ACT

The Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act

PROTECTION OF WOMEN AGAINST SEXUAL HARASSMENT BILL

Maternity Benefit Act,1861