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CB Muthamma: Remembering The Lady Who Became India's First Woman Diplomat Against All Odds

Chonira Belliappa Muthamma, a brave woman who joined the Indian Foreign Service in 1949 and became India's first woman IFS Officer and Ambassador, was born on January 24, 1924. She was the first woman to clear the Indian Civil Services examinations. Nonetheless, her journey was not easy, but she...