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[[File:Field Marshall Auchinleck inspects Women's Auxiliary Corps (India) 1946-1947.jpg|thumb|300px|Field Marshal [[Sir Claude Auchinleck]] inspects [[Women's Auxiliary Corps (India)]], c. 1947]]
[[File:Private_Begum_Pasha_Shah_of_the_WAC_(1)_on_duty_in_the_Orderly_Room_of_an_RAF_station_in_India,_August_1943.jpg|thumb|upright|Women's Auxiliary Corps (India) on duty in Orderly Room of RAF station in India, August 1943|alt=]]
[[File:Commonwealth_Forces_in_India_IND4410.jpg|thumb|upright|Women of the Naval Wing of Women's Auxiliary Corps (India), 1945]]


All wings of the [[Indian Armed Forces]] allow women in combat roles (junior ranks){{clarify|date=February 2021}} and combat supervisory roles (officers){{Citation needed|date=February 2021}}, except [[Indian Army]] (support roles only) and [[Special Forces of India]] (trainer role only) (c. 2017). [[Indian Air Force]] had 13.09% and 8.5%, [[Indian Navy]] 6% and 2.8% women, and [[Indian Army]] 3.80% and 3% in December 2018 and December 2014 respectively.<ref>{{cite web|title=Indian Army's shameful treatment of women recruits|url=http://www.ndtv.com/opinion/indian-armys-shameful-treatment-of-women-recruits-706717|website=NDTV}}</ref>{{better source needed|date=December 2020}}<ref>[https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/nation/women-to-comprise-20-of-military-police-after-graded-induction-nirmala-sitharaman/715756.html Women to comprise 20% of Military Police], The Tribune, 18 Jan 2019.</ref>{{better source needed|date=December 2020}}
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As of 2020, three officers have been granted the rank of three star general of above, all of whom are from the Medical Services. In May 2021, 83 Women were inducted as [[Private (rank)#India and Pakistan|Jawans]] for the first time in the [[Indian Army]], the Jawans were taken in the [[Corps of Military Police (India)|Corps of Military Police]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/army-inducts-1st-batch-of-women-in-military-police-101620498729740.html|title=Army inducts 1st batch of women in military police|website=hindustantimes.com|date=9 May 2021}}</ref>
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==History==
In 1888, the role of [[Women in the military by country#India|women in the Indian army]] began when the "Indian Military Nursing Service" was formed during the [[British Rule]].<ref name=women1/> During 1914–45, British Indian Army nurses fought in [[World War I]] (1914–18) and [[World War II]] (1939-45), where 350 British Indian Army nurses either died or were taken prisoner of war or declared missing in action.<ref name=women1/> This includes nurses who died when SS Kuala was sunk by the [[List of aircraft of Japan during World War II|Japanese bombers]] in 1942.<ref name=women1>[http://www.hindustantimes.com/opinion/indian-army-must-stop-its-discrimination-against-military-nurses/story-VmhPT6cKj3GW3M3KjCterK.html Indian Army must stop its discrimination against military nurses], [[Hindustan Times]], 13 December 2017.</ref> [[Women's Auxiliary Corps (India)]] was formed in May 1942.<ref name=kal1>{{cite book|last=Perry|first=Frederick William|year=1988|title=The Commonwealth armies: manpower and organisation in two world wars (p.1114)|publisher=Manchester University Press ND|isbn=0-7190-2595-8}}</ref> [[Noor Inayat Khan]], [[George Cross]] (2 January 1914 – 13 September 1944), of Indian and American descent, was a British heroine of [[World War II]] renowned for her service in the [[Special Operations Executive]].<ref name="InayatKhan">"[https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/the-womens-blog-with-jane-martinson/2012/oct/23/noor-inayat-khan-britains-muslim-heroine Noor Inayat Khan: remembering Britain's Muslim war heroine]," 23 October 2012.</ref> Kalyani Sen, a second officer and first Indian service woman who visited the UK, served in the Women's Royal Indian Naval Service of The Royal Indian Navy during World War II.<ref name=kal2>[https://www.thebetterindia.com/39694/heroes-indian-navy/ 10 Daredevil Heroes of the Indian Navy You Should Know About], 4 Dec 2016.</ref> There was a woman's regiment under [[Subhas Chandra Bose|Netaji]] Subhash Chandra Bose 's [[Indian National Army]] called the [[Rani of Jhansi Regiment]] was one of that kind during World War II.
 
==Indian Army==
 
===Summary table of commission by corps===
{{ anchor | List }}
{{ see also | Army ranks and insignia of India }}
 
Under the Army Act of 1950, women were ineligible for regular commissions except in "such corps, departments or branches which the central government may specify by way of notifications."<ref name=WIndA2/> On 1 November 1958, the Army Medical Corps became the first unit of the Indian Army to grant regular commissions to women.<ref name="permanent">{{cite web|title=Permanent Commissions for Women Doctors in the Army|url=https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1958-JULY-DEC-MIN-OF-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1958-10-29_165.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=29 October 1958|access-date=31 December 2020}}</ref> Since 1992, women were first inducted in to various branches of Indian Army only in short service commission.<ref name=WIndA2/> In 2008, women were first inducted as permanent commissioned officers in Legal and Education corps, in 2020 they were first inducted in 8 more corps as permanent commissioned officers.<ref name=allow1>[https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/women-officers-in-combat-and-command-roles-ht-explainer/story-3xloWIhE5E98WikO5vij4H.html WOmen officers in combat and command role], Hindustan Times, Feb 2020.</ref> As of 2020, women are not yet allowed as combatant in the Parachute Regiment of Indian Army or other specialist forces, but they can join [[Para (Special Forces)|paratroopers]] wings of their respective arms like para [[Indian Army Corps of EME|EME]], para [[Indian Army Corps of Signals|signals]], para [[Indian Army Service Corps|ASC]], etc.{{clarification needed|date=July 2021}}
 
Here is the status of women's induction in various branches of army in any role as well as in coveted permanent commissioned officers role.<ref name=WIndA1>{{Cite web | url= https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/nation/women-officers-in-8-more-streams-mod-issues-order-117189 | title= Women officers in 8 more streams, MoD issues order | website= The Tribune India| date= 2020-07-24 }}</ref>{{unreliable source?|date=February 2021}}<ref name=WIndA2>{{Cite web | url= https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2020/feb/18/army-looks-at-change-to-accommodate-women-2104963.html | title= Army looks at change to accommodate women | website= Indian Express | date= 2020-02-16 }}</ref>
 
{| class="wikitable"
! Serial Number
! Name of corps/regiment
! Women commissioned
! Since
! Comments
|-
| 1
| [[Army Aviation Corps (India)|Army Aviation Corps]]
| [[File:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]]
| 2020<ref name=WIndA1/>
| Women can't get permanent commission.
|-
| 2
| [[Indian Army Corps of Signals|Army Corps of Signals]]
| [[File:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]]
| 1992<ref name=WIndA2/>
| Since 2020 in permanent commission (short service commission).<ref name=WIndA1/>
|-
| 3
| [[Indian Army Dental Corps|Army Dental Corps]] <!-- Retain redlink as per wikipedia guidelines, draft article already exists. -->
| [[File:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]]
| 1888 or earlier<ref name=women1/>
| Since 1958 in permanent commission (long service commission).<ref name="permanent"/>
|-
| 4
| [[Army Education Corps (India)|Army Education Corps]]
| [[File:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]]
| 1992<ref name=WIndA2/>
| Since 2008 in permanent commission (short service commission).<ref name=WIndA1/>
|-
| 5
| [[Indian Army Medical Corps|Army Medical Corps]]
| [[File:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]]
| 1888 or earlier<ref name=women1/>
| Since 1958 in permanent commission (long service commission).<ref name="permanent"/>
|-
| 6
| [[Army Ordnance Corps (India)|Army Ordnance Corps]]
| [[File:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]]
| 1992<ref name=WIndA2/>
| Since 2020 in permanent commission (short service commission).<ref name=WIndA1/>
|-
| 7
| [[Army Postal Service (India)|Army Postal Service Corps]]
| [[File:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]]
| 1992<ref name=WIndA2/>
| Women can't get permanent commission.
|-
| 8
| [[Indian Army Service Corps|Army Service Corps]]
| [[File:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]]
| 2020<ref name=WIndA1/>
| Since 2020 in permanent commission (short service commission).
|-
| 9
| [[Corps of Army Air Defence]]
| [[File:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]]
| 2020<ref name=WIndA1/>
| Since 2020 in permanent commission (short service commission).
|-
| 10
| [[Indian Army Corps of EME|Corps of Electronics and Mechanical Engineers]]
| [[File:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]]
| 1992<ref name=WIndA2/>
| Since 2020 in permanent commission (short service commission).<ref name=WIndA1/>
|-
| 11
| [[Indian Army Corps of Engineers|Corps of Engineers]]
| [[File:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]]
| 2020<ref name=WIndA1/>
| Since 2020 in permanent commission (short service commission).
|-
| 12
| [[Corps of Military Police (India)|Corps of Military Police]]
| [[File:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]]
| 2020<ref name=mip1/>
| First inducted since 2020 (short service commission).<ref name=mip1>[https://theprint.in/defence/army-begins-process-to-induct-women-as-military-police-for-the-first-time/227379/ Army begins process to induct women as military police for the first time], [[The Print]], 25 April 2020.</ref>
|-
| 13
| [[Defence Security Corps]]
| [[File:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
| N.A.
| Women can't join.
|-
| 14
| [[Directorate of Military Intelligence (India)|Intelligence Corps]]
| [[File:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]]
| 2020 (short service commission)<ref name=WIndA1/>
| Capt. Ganeve Lalji is first [[Aide de camp]] to a corps commander.<ref name=hero1/>{{unreliable source?|date=February 2021}}
|-
| 15
| [[Judge Advocate General's Department (India)|Judge Advocate General's Department]]
| [[File:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]]
| 1992<ref name=WIndA2/>
| Since 2008 in permanent commission (shot service commission).<ref name=allow1/>
|-
| 16
| [[Military Nursing Service (India)|Military Nursing Service]]
| [[File:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]]
| 1888<ref name=women1/>
| Major General Joyce Gladys Roach is present commander.<ref>{{cite web|access-date=28 September 2019|title=Major General Joyce Gladys Roach takes over as ADG, MNS – India Strategic|url=https://www.indiastrategic.in/2019/09/01/major-general-joyce-gladys-roach-takes-over-as-adg-mns/}}</ref>
|-
| 17
| [[Indian Army Pioneer Corps|Pioneer Corps]]
| [[File:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
| N.A.
| Women can't join.
|-
| 18
| [[List of regiments of the Indian Army#Armoured Regiments|Regiments (Armoured)]]
| [[File:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
| N.A.
| Women can't join.
|-
| 19
| [[List of regiments of the Indian Army#Regiment of Artillery|Regiments (Artillery)]]
| [[File:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]]
| 1992<ref name=WIndA2/>
| Women can serve only in non-combat staff appointments of artillery regiments; Women can't get regular and permanent commission in artillery units.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2020/sep/03/sc-refuses-to-entertain-plea-for-permanent-commission-of-women-army-officers-after-cut-off-date-2191970.html|title=SC refuses to entertain plea for Permanent Commission of women Army officers after cut-off date|website=[[The New Indian Express]]|date=3 September 2020}}</ref>
|-
| 20
| [[List of regiments of the Indian Army#Infantry Regiments|Regiments (Infantry)]]
| [[File:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
| N.A.
| Women can't join.
|-
| 21
| [[List of regiments of the Indian Army#Armoured Regiments|Regiments (Mechanised)]]
| [[File:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
| N.A.
| Women can't join.
|-
| 22
| [[Indian Army Remount and Veterinary Corps|Remount and Veterinary Corps]]
| [[File:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
| N.A.
| Women can't join.
|-
| 23
| [[Territorial Army (India)|Territorial Army]]
| [[File:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]]
| 2018<ref name=taw1>[https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/women-to-be-inducted-in-territorial-army/article22377979.ece Women to be inducted into Territorial Army], The Hindu, 2018.</ref>
|}
 
===Notable women===
[[File:Indian army lady officer.jpg|thumb|A female officer in the [[Indian Army]] briefing Russian soldiers during a joint exercise in 2015.]]
 
As of 2020, women are not allowed to serve in combat units such as [[List of regiments of the Indian Army#Infantry Regiments|Infantry]], [[Mechanised Infantry Regiment|Mechanised infantry]], [[Indian Army Armoured Corps|Armoured corps]], and [[List of regiments of the Indian Army#Regiment of Artillery|Artillery]].<ref name=WIndA1/>
 
On 27 August 1976, Gertrude Alice Ram, the military nursing service Matron-in-Chief, became the first woman officer in the Indian Army to attain the rank of major-general, and the first female officer in the Indian Armed Forces to attain [[two-star rank]]. With Ram's promotion, India became only the third nation in the world to promote a woman to flag rank, behind the United States and France.<ref>{{cite web|title=India's First Woman General|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1976-JAN-DEC-MIN-OF-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1976-08-30_194.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=30 August 1976|access-date=3 April 2020}}</ref>
 
In 1992, the [[Indian Army]] began inducting women officers in non-medical roles.<ref>[http://joinindianarmy.nic.in/bravo/entry-schemes-women.htm Women officers entry]</ref> On 19 January 2007, the United Nations first all female peacekeeping force made up of 105 Indian policewomen was deployed to [[Liberia]].<ref>{{cite news|title=First All-Female U.N. Peacekeeping Force to Deploy to Liberia|url=http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,244862,00.html | work=Fox News Channel|date=19 January 2007|access-date=28 January 2008}}</ref> [[Ruchi Sharma]] became the first operational paratrooper in the Indian Army, joining in 1996.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Mukherjee|first=Oindrila|date=2018-03-01|title=First jump is like first love, exciting and exhilarating: Capt (Retd) Sharma|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/chandigarh/first-jump-is-like-first-love-exciting-and-exhilarating-capt-sharma-5082382/|access-date=2020-08-07|website=The Indian Express|language=en}}</ref>
 
[[Priya Jhingan]], commissioned in 1993, is one of the first 25 women to join the Indian Army as an officer. Alka Khurana, also commissioned in 1993, is the first woman from Indian Army to participate in Republic Day Parade and Army Day Parade in 1994.<ref name=IN>{{cite web | url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/army-s-first-woman-officer-comes-to-its-defence/6959/1 | title=Priya Jhingan army's first woman officer | publisher=archive.indianexpress.com | access-date=2017-07-17}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/education/story/first-indian-women/1/448279.html|title=List of 'First' Indian women in Indian history|website=India Today|access-date=2017-07-17}}</ref><ref name=book>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=C6wsDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA24 | title=Role of Women in India | publisher=REDSHINE | author=Dr. Saroj Kumar Singh | year=2017 | isbn=978-93-86483-09-6}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://zeenews.india.com/IndiaFirst/Women-p2.html# | title=First Women | publisher=zeenews.india.com | access-date=2017-07-20}}</ref><ref name="Kt">{{cite web | url=http://www.timeskuwait.com/Times_Indian-women-Making-India-proud | title=Indian women Making India proud | publisher=timeskuwait.com | access-date=2017-07-17}}</ref> [[Sapper]] [[Shanti Tigga]] is the first female [[Sepoy|jawan]] (private rank) in the Indian Army who joined in 2011.<ref name=hero1/> Priya Semwal's husband had fallen in a counter-insurgency operation in Arunachal Pradesh in 2012; she went onto join as an officer in the [[Indian Army Corps of EME]], the first wife of a jawan whose husband had fallen in a counter-insurgency operation to do so.<ref name=hero1/>
 
[[Army ranks and insignia of India|Lieutenant Colonel]] [[Mitali Madhumita]], commissioned in 2000, is the first woman officer in India to receive a [[Awards and Decorations of the Indian Armed Forces|gallantry award]], who received the [[Sena Medal]] in 2011 for exemplary courage shown during the [[February 2010 Kabul attack|attack on the Indian embassy in Kabul]] by terrorists in [[Kabul]], [[Afghanistan]] on 26 February 2010,<ref name=HT>{{cite web | url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/india/only-army-woman-to-win-gallantry-award-fights-to-stay-in-the-force/story-0DQwEjE0Ga7vs5yBE8yinI.html | title=Only army woman to win gallantry award fights to stay in the force | publisher=hindustantimes.com | access-date=2017-07-13}}</ref> and operations in [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu-Kashmir]]<ref name="TH">{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/In-a-first-Sena-Medal-for-female-Army-officer/article15459119.ece|title=Sena Medal for female Army officer|publisher=thehindu.com|access-date=2017-07-13}}</ref> and the [[Northeast India|northeast states]].<ref name=HT /><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/nation/lt-col-mithali-to-remain-in-service/146647.html | title=Lt Col Mithali to remain in service | publisher=tribuneindia.com | access-date=2017-07-15}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Ist-woman-officer-to-get-Sena-medal/articleshow/7578457.cms | title=First woman officer to get Sena medal | publisher=timesofindia.indiatimes.com | access-date=2017-07-13}}</ref>
 
Anjana Bhaduria, who joined the first-ever batch of female cadets in 1992 at the [[Officers Training Academy]], Chennai, is the first female officer in the Indian Army to win the gold medal. Including Priya Jhingan and her, the first batch of women officers of the Indian Army was commissioned in March 1993.<ref><https://www.thebetterindia.com/83280/brave-women-soldiers-indian-armed-forces//ref></ref><ref name=hero1/> [[Divya Ajith Kumar]], commissioned in 2010, is the first female officer to receive the Sword of Honor.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/chennai-cadet-creates-history-at-ota-passingout-parade/article697372.ece | title=Chennai cadet creates history at OTA passing-out parade | newspaper=The Hindu | date=19 September 2010 | access-date=9 July 2015}}</ref><ref name="firstpost_2064151">{{cite magazine | url=http://www.firstpost.com/india/25-year-old-captain-divya-ajith-leads-first-all-women-contingent-in-republic-day-parade-2064151.html | title=25-year-old Captain Divya Ajith leads first all-women contingent in Republic Day parade | magazine=First Post | date=26 January 2015 | access-date=9 July 2015}}</ref> She led all women contingent of 154 women officers and cadets during the [[Delhi Republic Day parade|Republic Day parade]] of 2015.<ref name="firstpost_2064151"/>
 
Captain Swati Singh, an engineer and then only female officer in her 63 Brigade of the Indian Army, is the first female officer to be deployed at [[Nathu La]] pass as [[Indian Army Corps of Signals|Signals in-charge]].<ref name=hero1/> In February 2020 [[Madhuri Kanitkar]] became the third woman to become a [[Army ranks and insignia of India|Lieutenant General]] in the Indian Army. Along with her husband who is also a Lieutenant General they will be the first couple to both reach the rank.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/maj-gen-madhuri-kanitkar-third-in-the-country-to-assume-lt-gen-rank-6292380/|title=Maj Gen Madhuri Kanitkar third woman in the country to assume Lt Gen rank|last=Mascarenhas|first=Anuradha|date=2020-02-29|website=The Indian Express|language=en-US|access-date=2020-03-01}}</ref>
 
On 17 February 2020, the [[Supreme Court of India]] said that women [[officers]] in [[Indian Army]] can get command positions at par with male officers. The court said that the government's arguments against it were discriminatory, disturbing and based on stereotype. The court also said that permanent commission should be available to all women, regardless of years of service, and that this order must be implemented in 3 months.<ref>{{cite news|title=Women Army Officers Can Get Command Roles. Top Court Slams "Stereotypes"|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/will-women-officers-command-army-units-supreme-court-to-decide-today-2181129}}</ref> The government had earlier said troops would not accept women as commanding officers.<ref>{{cite news|title=Male troops won't accept women commanders|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/male-troops-wont-accept-women-commanders-government-to-sc/articleshow/73945673.cms}}</ref> Consequently, 8 more corps or branches started to induct women as commissioned officers.<ref name=WIndA1/>
 
Ganeve Lalji, [[Directorate of Military Intelligence (India)|Corps of Military intelligence]], is the first woman to be an attache to an Army Commander.<ref name=hero1/>
 
==Indian Air Force==
{{clarify section|date=February 2021}}
[[File:Women Pilots of the Indian Air Force.jpg|thumb|Women Pilots of the Indian Air Force]]
Indian Air Force inducts women in all roles, including combat and support roles.{{clarify|date=February 2021}} As of September 2020, there were 1,875 female officers serving in the IAF, including 10 pilots and 18 navigators.{{clarify|date=February 2021}}<ref>{{cite news|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/iafs-rafale-fleet-to-have-first-woman-pilot-soon-6604726/|title=IAF's Rafale fleet to have first woman pilot soon|date=15 August 2019|work=The Indian Express|access-date=21 September 2020|agency=PTI}}</ref>
 
The first woman officer in the Indian Air Force, [[Vijayalakshmi Ramanan]], was commissioned into the Army Medical Corps and was seconded to the Air Force. She retired as a Wing Commander in the Air Force in 1979.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-10-21|title=IAF's first woman officer dies at 96|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/iafs-first-woman-commissioned-officer-dies-at-96-6821413/|access-date=2020-10-21|website=The Indian Express|language=en}}</ref>
 
In August 1966, Flight Lieutenant Kanta Handa, an IAF medical officer,{{clarify|date=February 2021}} became the first female IAF officer to receive a commendation for her service during the 1965 Indo-Pakistan war.<ref>{{cite web|title=Air Force Lady Doctor Commended|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1966-JULY-DEC-MIN-OF-DEFENC/PDF/DEF-1966-08-06_042.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=6 August 1966|access-date=3 April 2020}}</ref> In 1994, women joined the air force as pilots in support role; [[Gunjan Saxena]] ([[Flight Officer]]){{clarify|date=February 2021}} and Sreevidya Rajan<ref>{{cite web|title=From Palakkad to Kargil: IAF officer Sreevidya Rajan intv on 'Gunjan Saxena' film|url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/palakkad-kargil-iaf-officer-sreevidya-rajan-intv-gunjan-saxena-130959|website=The News Minute|date=18 August 2020|access-date=18 August 2020}}</ref> were among the first women to fly in a combat zone during [[Kargil War]] (May–July 1999).<ref name=hero1/>{{unreliable source?|date=February 2021}}
 
In 2006, Deepika Misra was the first IAF woman pilot to train for the [[Sarang display team]].<ref name=hero1/> In 2012, Nivedita Choudhary (Flight Lieutenant), a [[Jat people|Jat]] from Rajasthan, became the first woman from the Indian Air Force to summit the [[Mount Everest]].<ref name="hero1">Sanchari Pal (24 Jan 2017) [https://www.thebetterindia.com/83280/brave-women-soldiers-indian-armed-forces/ ''Brave Indian female soldiers'']. [[The Better India]].</ref>{{unreliable source?|date=February 2021}}
 
In 2015, [[Indian Air Force]] opened new combat air force roles for women as [[fighter pilot]]s, adding to their role as helicopter pilots in the Indian Air Force.{{clarify|date=February 2021}}<ref>"India paves way for women in military combat roles"  [http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/india-paves-way-for-women/2215380.html ''Channel NewsAsia'' 24 Oct 2015]</ref> <br>
On 22 May 2019, Bhawana Kanth became the first woman fighter pilot to qualify to undertake combat missions.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/flight-lieutenant-bhawana-kanth-first-female-fighter-pilot-indian-air-force-1532275-2019-05-22|title=Bhawana Kanth: Meet first woman fighter pilot of Indian Air Force|publisher=India Today}}</ref>
Women are now taking up combat roles in [[Indian Air Force]] with [[Avani Chaturvedi]], [[Mohana Singh Jitarwal]], and [[Bhawana Kanth]] being the first 3 women [[fighter pilot]]s<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.news18.com/news/auto/eight-women-fighter-pilots-in-indian-air-force-as-on-july-1-govt-2245763.html|title=Eight Women Fighter Pilots in Indian Air Force as on July 1: Govt}}</ref> Marking [[International Women's Day]] on 8 March 8, 2020 all 3 [[fighter pilots]] were awarded [[Nari Shakti Puraskar]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ani/iaf-s-first-women-fighter-pilots-get-nari-shakti-puraskar-120030800300_1.html|title=IAF's first women fighter pilots get 'Nari Shakti Puraskar'}}</ref>
 
Wing Commander [[Shaliza Dhami]] became the first woman officer to be given permanent commission with the Indian Air Force.{{clarify|date=February 2021}}<ref name=":02">{{Cite web|url=https://www.vice.com/en_in/article/ne8ndq/the-indian-air-force-just-got-its-first-female-flight-commander|title=The Indian Air Force Just Got its First Female Flight Commander|last=Joshi|first=Shamani|date=28 August 2019|website=Vice|language=en|access-date=2019-08-30}}</ref> Squadron Leader [[Minty Agarwal]] became the first woman to receive a [[Yudh Seva Medal]].{{clarification needed|date=July 2021}}<ref name="iwitnessed">{{cite news|url=https://www.livemint.com/news/india/i-witnessed-wing-commander-abhinandan-shooting-down-pak-s-f-16-aircraft-squadron-leader-minty-agarwal-1565883522060.html|title='I witnessed Wing Commander Abhinandan shooting down Pakistan's F-16 aircraft'|date=15 August 2019|work=Mint|access-date=17 August 2019|agency=ANI|language=en}}</ref>
 
==Indian Navy==
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[[File:The President, Shri Ram Nath Kovind with the all-women crew of INSV Tarini on completion of their voyage of circumnavigation of the globe, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi.JPG|thumb|All-women crew of [[INSV Tarini]] on completion of their voyage of [[Navika Sagar Parikrama|circumnavigation of the globe]]]]
 
In October 1976, Dr. Barbara Ghosh became the first woman officer in the Indian Navy to attain the rank of commander. Having joined the navy in 1961, she was also the first woman medical officer to receive a permanent naval commission.<ref>{{cite web|title=Indian Navy's First Lady Commander|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1976-JAN-DEC-MIN-OF-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1976-10-23_242.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=22 October 1976|access-date=3 April 2020}}</ref>
 
Dr. [[Punita Arora]], commissioned in 1968, is the first woman in the India Navy to reach the second highest rank as the [[Lieutenant General]],<ref name=WisdenICoC>{{cite news | url=http://specials.rediff.com/news/2004/sep/16army1.htm | title=The General in Sari | publisher=Rediff}}</ref> and the first female [[Vice admiral]].<ref>{{cite news | url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chandigarh/Navy-to-get-first-lady-Vice-Admiral/articleshow/1132784.cms | title=Navy gets its 1st lady vice-admiral | work=The Times Of India | date=16 June 2005}}</ref> [[Padmavathy Bandopadhyay]] is the first woman [[Air Marshal]] of the [[Indian Air Force|IAF]] and the second woman in the Indian armed forces to be promoted to a [[three-star rank]] after Lt. General Punita Arora.<ref name=hero1/> Nonetheless, the [[Indian Navy]] still opposes the idea of putting women in [[warship]]s as [[sailor]]s, even though they fly on [[maritime patrol]] [[aircraft]] like [[Boeing P-8 Poseidon|P8I]] and [[Ilyushin Il-38|IL 38]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Army opens 'risky' roles for women but Indian Navy won't have women sailors anytime . Indian Navy dismissed an transgender soon after surgery|url=https://theprint.in/defence/army-opens-risky-roles-for-women-but-indian-navy-wont-have-women-sailors-anytime-soon/228076/}}</ref>
 
On 8 March 2018, [[International Women's Day]] the six-member crew of [[INSV Tarini]] that participated in [[Navika Sagar Parikrama]] namely Lt Cdr Vartika Joshi, Lt Cdr P Swathi, Lt Cdr Pratibha Jamwal, Lt Payal Gupta, Lt Aishwarya Boddapati, and Lt Shourgrakpam Vijaya Devi were conferred [[Nari Shakti Puraskar]] for outstanding contribution towards women empowerment. The [[award]] was received by [[Lieutenant]] S Vijaya Devi, who is Northeast India's first female officer on behalf of team.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Navika Sagar Parikrama - 'Nari Shakti Puraskar|url=https://www.indiannavy.nic.in/content/navika-sagar-parikrama-%E2%80%98nari-shakti-puraskar%E2%80%99}}</ref>
 
On 2 December 2019, Sub-lieutenant Shubhangi Swaroop became the first woman [[Aircraft pilot|pilot]] for the Indian Navy. She will be flying the [[Dornier 228|Dornier 228 survelliance aircraft]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Sub-lieutenant Shivangi becomes first woman pilot for Indian Navy |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/sub-lieutenant-shivangi-first-woman-pilot-indian-navy-1624385-2019-12-02 |access-date=3 December 2019 |agency=ANI |publisher=India Today |date=2 December 2019}}</ref>
 
==Special Forces of India==
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As of 2020, Women are not yet allowed as combatant in the combat specialist forces, such as [[Ghatak Force]], [[Garud Commando Force]], [[MARCOS]], [[Para (Special Forces)|para commandos]], etc.
 
Dr. [[Seema Rao]], also known as "India's Wonder Woman",<ref name="India's Wonder Woman">{{cite news|url=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/sunday-chronicle/headliners/250617/indias-wonder-woman.html|title=India's wonder woman | access-date=2017-06-25|newspaper=Deccan Chronicle}}</ref><ref name="India's Wonder Woman!">{{cite news|url=http://www.asianage.com/age-on-sunday/250617/indias-wonder-woman.html |title=India's Wonder Woman | access-date=2017-06-25|newspaper=The Asian Age}}</ref><ref name="India's Wonder Woman Seema Rao">{{cite web|url=https://www.beingindian.com/news/seema-rao-is-a-wonder-woman|title=India's Wonder Woman Seema Rao: The only Female Combat Trainer in the Country | access-date=2017-06-26|publisher=Being Indian}}</ref> is India's first woman commando trainer,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.naaree.com/naaree-interviews-dr-seema-rao-commando-trainer/|title=Interview with Dr. Seema Rao | access-date=2015-08-11|publisher=naaree.com}}</ref> having trained over 15,000 [[Special Forces of India]]<ref name="India's only female commando trainer">{{cite web|url=http://www.storypick.com/dr-seema-rao/ |title=India's only female commando trainer | access-date=2016-07-11|publisher=storypick}}</ref><ref name="COMBAT SPECIALIST SEEMA RAO" >{{cite web|url=http://www.vervemagazine.in/people/seema-rao-commando-trainer-and-close-quarter-battle-specialist |title=COMBAT SPECIALIST SEEMA RAO  | access-date=2016-12-12|publisher=Verve Magazine}}</ref> (including the NSG Black Cats, MARCOS, GARUD)<ref name=gar1>[https://www.thebetterindia.com/61848/seema-rao-india-commando-special-forces/ This Amazing Woman Has Been Training India’s Special Forces for 20 Years without Compensation!], 19 July 2016.</ref> as full-time guest trainer for 20 years without compensation<ref name=gar1/><ref name="DNA Article on Seema Rao!">{{cite web|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/lifestyle/report-shy-another-day-india-s-1st-woman-commando-trainer-s-job-pushes-her-into-a-male-dominated-space-2282264 |title=Shy Another Day | access-date=2017-06-25|publisher=DNA}}</ref> as a pioneer in [[Close combat|close quarter battle]] (CQB).<ref name="Seema Rao - CQB Specialist">{{cite web|url=http://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/news/india/womens-day-special-meet-dr-seema-rao-indias-first-woman-commando-trainer/articleshow/57532488.cms |title=Dr Seema Rao Commando Trainer | access-date=2017-06-25|publisher=indiatimes.com}}</ref><ref name="Seema Rao - Forces Trainer">{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.com/hindi/india-38725388 |title= Training the Indian Forces | access-date=2017-06-25|publisher=BBC}}</ref>
 
==Paramilitary forces of India==
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Women in [[Indian Coast Guard]], [[Assam Rifles]] and [[Special Frontier Force]].
 
===Indian Coast Guard===
Women can join the [[Indian Coast Guard]] in officer ranks as general duty, pilot or law officers.<ref name=cg1>[https://www.apnaahangout.com/female-join-indian-coast-guard/ Coast guard entery routes for women]</ref> In January 2017, Indian Coast Guard became the first force to deploy four female officers,  assistant commandants Anuradha Shukla, Sneha Kathyat, Shirin Chandran and Vasundhara Chouksey, in combat roles on board KV Kuber [[hovercraft]] ship patrolling the [[Borders of India#Maritime borders of India|Indian maritime zone bordering Pakistan and Bangladesh]].<ref name=cg2>[http://topyaps.com/indian-coast-guard-females-combat-roles In A First, Indian Coast Guard Deploys Female Officers In Combat Roles]</ref>
 
===Assam Rifles===
In April 2016, [[Assam Rifles]] inducted a first batch of 100 female soldiers who had undergone year-long training programme and graduated in the passing-out parade at the Assam Rifles Training Centre and School in Shokhuvi in [[Dimapur district]] of [[Nagaland]]. They will be deployed at [[Cordon and search|Cordon And Search Operation]] (CASO), [[Outpost (military)|Mobile Check Posts]] (MCP) and [[Military logistics|road opening operations]] in various battalions for search, frisking and interrogation of women, crowd control and dispersal of female agitators.<ref name=ar1>[https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/assam-rifles-inducts-first-batch-of-100-women-personnel/articleshow/51729160.cms Assam Rifles inducts first batch of 100 women personnel], [[The Economic Times|Economic Times]], 7 April 2016.</ref><ref name=ar2>[http://www.hindustantimes.com/india/no-longer-a-male-bastion-assam-rifles-gets-its-first-women-s-contingent/story-apS0gy6nSu8LxXKuK9GM1H.html No longer a male bastion, Assam Rifles gets its first women’s contingent], [[Hindustan Times]], 8 April 2016.</ref>
 
In August 2020, around 30 rifle-women from Assam Rifles were deployed along the LoC for the first time. They are led by Captain Gursimran Kaur of the Army Service Corps.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Iqbal|first=Naveed|date=2020-08-16|title=Frontline: Meet the Army Riflewomen posted at the LoC|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/indian-army-womens-soldiers-riflewomen-line-of-control-6556486/|access-date=2020-08-25|website=The Indian Express|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Das|first=Ria|date=2020-08-05|title=In A First, Women Soldiers Of Assam Rifles Deployed On Combat Duty Near LoC|url=https://www.shethepeople.tv/news/assam-rifles-women-soldiers-combat-duty-loc/|access-date=2020-08-25|website=[[SheThePeople.TV]]|language=en-US}}</ref>
 
===Special Frontier Force===
[[Special Frontier Force]], created in 1962 as a most covert and elite Special Force unit as the armed wing of [[Research and Analysis Wing|RAW]] to conduct covert operations behind the Chinese Lines in the event of another Sino-Indian War,<ref name=sff1>[http://indianspecialforces.com/most-elite-and-covert-special-force-unit-of-indian-paramilitary-special-frontier-force-sff/ Most Elite and Covert Special Force Unit of Indian Paramilitary – Special Frontier Force (SFF)], 4 Oct 2017.</ref> inducted 500 female in 1972 for the first time in medical, signals and clerical roles.<ref name=sff2>[http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/large-majority-of-special-frontier-force-officers-involved-in-messy-sex-scandal/1/401610.html India today story]</ref>
 
==Central Armed Police Forces==
[[File:Women personnel of India's Border Security Force.jpg|thumb|right| Women of the Border Security Force at the Indian Pakistan border]]
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In 1992, [[Asha Sinha]], a 1982 Batch IPS Officer, became the First Woman Commandant in the [[Paramilitary forces of India]] when she was posted as Commandant, [[Central Industrial Security Force]] in [[Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited]] and after 34 years of service she retired as [[Director General of Police]] (DGP). In 2018 an IPS Officer Archana Ramasundram of 1980 Batch became the first Woman to become the [[Director General of Police]] of a Paramilitary Force as DG, [[Sashastra Seema Bal]], she retired after serving for 37 years.
 
In March 2016, govt allowed direct-entry women officers in all five [[Central Armed Police Forces]], namely [[Central Reserve Police Force]] (CRPF), [[Border Security Force]] (BSF), [[Indo-Tibetan Border Police]] (ITBP), [[Sashastra Seema Bal]] (SSB) and [[Central Industrial Security Force]] (CISF), allow direct entery to women in junior rank via direct recruitment and also to women officer via [[Union Public Service Commission]] in supervisory combat roles.<ref name=ca1>[https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/government-allows-women-to-be-combat-officers-in-all-central-armed-police-forces/articleshow/51380021.cms Government allows women to be combat officers in all Central Armed Police Forces], [[The Economic Times|Economic Times]], 13 March 2016.</ref> In March 2016, Home Minister [[Rajnath Singh]] announced that women will be inducted in 33% constable-rank personnel in CRPF and CISF and 15% in the border guarding forces BSF, SSB and ITBP.<ref name=ca1/>
 
=== Central Reserve Police Force ===
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[[Central Reserve Police Force]] (CRPF) allows women officers in supervisory combat roles since  a long time via UPSC route.<ref name=ca1/>
 
=== Central Industrial Security Force ===
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[[Central Industrial Security Force]] (CISF) allows women officers in supervisory combat roles since a long time via UPSC route.<ref name=ca1/>
 
=== Border Security Force ===
[[Border Security Force]] (BSF) allowed women officers in supervisory combat roles in 2013.<ref name=ca1/>
 
=== Sashastra Seema Bal ===
[[Sashastra Seema Bal]] (SSB) allowed women officers in supervisory combat roles in 2014.<ref name=ca1/>
 
=== Indo-Tibetan Border Police ===
[[Indo-Tibetan Border Police]] (ITBP)  allowed women officers in supervisory combat roles in 2016.<ref name=ca1/> About 1.75% (1,500) of 80,000 ITBP personnel are women, mostly in the rank of constables (c. March 2016).<ref name=ca1/>
 
==Other Forces==
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Women also serve in the [[National Security Guard]] (NSG), [[Special Protection Group]] (SPG), [[Railway Protection Force]] (RPF) and [[National Disaster Response Force]] (NDRF).
 
===National Security Guard===
[[National Security Guard]] (NSG) (Black Cat Commandos) inducted female commandos for the first in 2011–12, however the first discrimination they faced was from the then female Chief Minister, [[Mayawati]] who refused to be guarded by the female commandos.<ref name=fc1>[http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/nsg-commandos-women-black-cats-crpf-capf-central-forces/1/1077705.html Battle of sexes: NSG loses its last woman commando after she goes on maternity leave], India Today, 29 Oct 2017.</ref> In 2015, govt announced that the female NSG Black Cat Commandos, who undergo the same training as their male counterpart, will be deployed in counter-terrorism operations as they also perform VIP protection duties.<ref name=bc1>[https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/nsg-planning-deploy-women-commandos-anti-terror-operations-35219 NSG planning to deploy women commandos in anti-terror operations], 17 Oct 2015.</ref>
 
===Special Protection Group===
[[Special Protection Group]] (SPG) inducted female commandos in 2013, and then Prime Minister [[Manmohan Singh]]'s wife Gursharan Kaur became the first SPG protectee to have women commandos.<ref name="ie1">"Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's wife has become the first Special Protection Group (SPG) protectee to have women commandos in her immediate security cordon.", [[Indian Express]], 9 Nov 2013.</ref><ref name=com1>[http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/pms-wife-first-spg-protectee-to-have-women-commandos/ PM’s wife first SPG protectee to have women commandos], [[Indian Express]], 18 Feb 2014.</ref>
 
===Railway Protection Force===
[[Railway Protection Force]] (RPF) has female unit, Shakti Squad. In 2015, 25-year-old Debashmita Chattopadhyay became first female Assistant Security Commissioner (ASC) in RPF who took charge of the Shakti squad of RPF women constables.<ref name=rpf1>[http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/more-women-personnel-in-railway-stations-trains-soon-rpf/ More women personnel in railway stations, trains soon: RPF], [[Indian Express]], 27 Mar 2015.</ref>
 
===National Disaster Response Force===
[[National Disaster Response Force]] (NDRF) got its first woman commander in 2015 when 40-years old senior Commandant Rekha Nambiar joined the 4th Battalion based in Arakkonam in Tamil Nadu to lead 1,000 personnel-strong all-men battalion.<ref name=nd1>[http://www.india.com/education/national-disaster-response-forces-ndrf-gets-first-woman-commander-1579908/ National Disaster Response Forces (NDRF) gets first woman commander], 14 Aug 2015.</ref>
 
=== Border Roads Organisation ===
In June 2021, Vaishali S Hiwase became the first women commanding officer to command a [[Border Roads Organisation|BRO]] Road Construction Company part of the [[India-China Border Roads]].<ref>{{Cite web|authors=ANI|date=29 April 2021|title=Border Roads Organisation Appoints First Woman Officer For Road Project Along Border With China|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/border-roads-organisation-appoints-first-woman-officer-vaishali-s-hiwase-for-road-project-along-border-with-china-2424032|url-status=live|access-date=2021-06-12|website=NDTV}}</ref>
 
==Three star generals==
All three women, to be the first ones to be promoted to [[three-star rank]] in the [[Indian Armed Forces]], are from the Medical Corps and graduate medical doctors of the [[Armed Forces Medical College (India)|Armed Forces Medical College]] (AFMC).
 
In 2004, [[Punita Arora]] was the first woman to be elevated to the rank of [[Lieutenant General (India)|Lieutenant General]] in the [[Indian Army]]. In 2005, she moved from the Army to the Navy as the Armed Forces Medical Services (AFMS) has a common pool which allows officers to move from one service to another depending on the requirement. In the [[Indian Navy]], she also held the rank of [[Vice Admiral (India)|Vice Admiral]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=DPR |first1=ADG (M&C) |title=Women of HonourSalute to Dr Punita Arora, first woman officer from Navy, to be promoted to a three-star rank, second highest rank in Armed forces. She was the first-ever woman Vice Admiral. #WomensDay #IWD2020 #EachforEqual #SheInspiresUspic.twitter.com/t0jOweHpRf |url=https://twitter.com/SpokespersonMoD/status/1236246780511023104 |website=@SpokespersonMoD |language=en |date=7 March 2020}}</ref>
 
In late 2004, [[Padma Bandopadhyay]] became the first woman to be promoted to the rank of [[Air Marshal (India)|Air Marshal]] in the [[Indian Air Force]]'s Medical Services. She was the second woman officer to be promoted to a Three Star rank.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Force |first1=Indian Air |title=#Congratulations to Air Marshal Padmavathy Bandopadhyay, PVSM AVSM VSM (Retd),first woman Air Marshal of IAF, on receiving #PadmaShri in the field of Medicine. Padma Shri is awarded for distinguished service in any field & announced on the occasion of #RepublicDay every year.pic.twitter.com/4zmILyKU8R |url=https://twitter.com/IAF_MCC/status/1221805510946709505 |website=@IAF_MCC |language=en |date=27 January 2020}}</ref>
 
In early 2020, [[Madhuri Kanitkar]] was elevated to the rank of [[Lieutenant General (India)|Lieutenant General]] in [[Indian Army Medical Corps]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=ARMY |first1=ADG PI-INDIAN |title=Lt Gen Madhuri Kanitkar is the third woman officer of #IndianArmedForces to assume the coveted rank of Lt Gen. Her #Husband is Lt Gen Rajeev Kanitkar (Retd). #Proud Couple is part of the Defence Fraternity. #IndianArmy#NationFirstpic.twitter.com/9eRIfZQg1i |url=https://twitter.com/adgpi/status/1234814380417654785 |website=@adgpi |language=en |date=3 March 2020}}</ref>
 
== In popular culture ==
* ''[[Aarohan]]'' (1996–97), tele serial showcasing women officers serving in the [[Indian Navy]].
* ''[[The Test Case (web series)|The Test Case]]'' (2017), web series on the fictional story of the first woman training to serve in a combat role within the [[Indian Armed Forces]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/television/the-test-case-trailer-nimrat-kaur-looks-tough-as-nails-in-her-upcoming-web-series-watch-video-4604112/|title=The Test Case trailer: Nimrat Kaur looks tough as nails in her upcoming web series. Watch video|date=2017-04-07|work=The Indian Express|access-date=2018-02-14|language=en-US}}</ref>
* ''[[Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl]]'' (2020–21), [[biographical film]] starring [[Janhvi Kapoor]] as real life Indian Air Force pilot [[Gunjan Saxena]] who was the first Indian female airforce pilot in combat.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/bollywood/angad-bedi-joins-star-cast-gunjan-saxenas-biopic-kargil-girl/|title=Angad Bedi joins the star cast of Gunjan Saxena's biopic, Kargil Girl|publisher=[[Bollywood Hungama]]|date=25 February 2019|access-date=27 April 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/janhvi-kapoor-shooting-in-lucknow/articleshow/68095836.cms|title=Janhvi Kapoor shooting in Lucknow|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|date=22 February 2019|access-date=27 April 2019}}</ref>
 
==See also==
* [[List of serving generals of the Indian Army|Serving generals of the Indian Army]]
* [[National Commission for Women]]
* [[Welfare schemes for women in India]]
* [[Women in agriculture in India]]
* [[Women in India]]
* [[Women's suffrage in India]]
 
== References ==
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== External links==
* [http://indianarmy.nic.in/ Indian Army] – Official website
* [http://indianairforce.nic.in/ Indian Air Force] - Official website
* [http://indiannavy.nic.in/ Indian Navy] - Official website
 
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