Question: who became the first woman chief minister of a state in india
Answer: No Name Portrait State Term ( s ) Total tenure Party Sucheta Kriplani Uttar Pradesh 2 October 1963 -- 13 March 1967 1258 days Indian National Congress Nandini Satpathy -- Orissa 14 June 1972 -- 3 March 1973 6 March 1974 -- 16 December 1976 1278 days Indian National Congress Shashikala Kakodkar Goa 12 August 1973 -- 27 April 1979 2084 days Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party Syeda Anwara Taimur -- Assam 6 December 1980 -- 30 June 1981 206 days Indian National Congress Janaki Ramachandran -- Tamil Nadu 7 January 1988 -- 30 January 1988 23 days All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhaga