Women who made India proud

Women who made India proud

Women empowerment is talk of the town but here are some Indian women who made all of us proud in the world.

Women who made India proud

Sania Mirza: Sania Mirza created history by becoming the first female tennis player from India to achieve the world number one rank in doubles.

Women who made India proud

Saina Nehwal: She became the first Indian women shuttler to achieve world number one ranking. She is currently on number 2 position.

Women who made India proud

Mary Kom: Bronze in women’s flyweight category in boxing. She is a five-time world boxing champion and the only woman boxer to have won a medal in each one of the six world championships.

Women who made India proud

Kalpana Chawla: She was the first Indian women to visit space. Tragically all astronauts were killed while they were returning on earth.

Women who made India proud

Sunita Williams: She holds the records for longest single space flight by a woman (195 days),total spacewalks by a woman (seven), and most spacewalk time for a woman (50 hours, 40 minutes).