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the following:-
V 1.Having decision-making power of
one's own.
V 2.Having access to information and
resources for taking proper decision.
V 3.Having positive thinking on the ability
to make change.
V 4.Ability to learn skills for improving
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women enjoyed equal status with men in
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society further deteriorated during the
medieval period when ×ati, child
marriages, Purdah.
V jomen in India now participate in all
activities such as education, politics, media,
art and culture, service sectors, science and
technology, etc.
V Indira Gandhi, who served as Prime
Minister of India for an aggregate period of
fifteen years is the world's longest serving
woman Prime Minister.
V ×arojini Naidu
V Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit became the first
woman (and first Indian) president of the
United Nations General Assembly
V iran Bedi becomes the first female recruit
to join the Indian Police ×ervice.
V 1979: Mother Jeresa wins the Nobel Peace
Prize, becoming the first Indian female
citizen to do so
V alpana Chawla becomes the first India-
born woman to go into space
V 2007: Pratibha Patil becomes the first
woman President of India.
V 2009: Meira umar became the first woman
×peaker of Lok ×abha, the lower house in
Indian Parliament
V 2010: all the girls studying here with us.
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º B.E. DEGREE HOLDER FROM PUNJAB ENGINEERING COLLEGE IN
CHANDIGARH AND M.S. DEGREE HOLDER IN AEROSPACE
ENGINEERING FROM TEXAS.
º JOINED NASA IN MARCH 1995.
º HER FIRST SPACE MISSION BEGAN ON NOVEMBER 19, 1997
º IN 2000 ,SHE WAS APPOINTED FOR HER SECOND FLIGHT TO SPACE.
º SHE WAS THE FIRST INDIAN WOMEN AND THE SECOND PERSON OF INDIAN
ORIGIN TO FLY IN SPACE.
º SHE DIED IN SPACE SHUTTLE COLUMBIA DISASTER ON
FEBRUARY 1 ,2003.
º AWARDED :
1. NASA SPACE FLIGHT MEDAL
2. NASA DISTINGUISHED SERVICE MEDAL
3. DEFENSE DISTINGUISHED SERVICE MEDAL
º BORN ON ×EPJEMBER 19,1965 IN OHIO JO DR. DEEPA
PANDYA
º ×HE HA× HER ROOJ× BAC IN GUJRAJ, INDIA.
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º ×HE BECAME JHE CHIEF MINI×JER OF DELHI IN 1998.
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º ×HE HOLD× BACHELOR·× DEGREE IN LAj.
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