Who is the first Indian woman soldier skydiver?

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  1. Shital Mahajan Rane
  2. Manju
  3. Anamika Sharma
  4. Shweta Parmar

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Option 2 : Manju
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The correct answer is Option 2.

Key PointsLance Naik Manju

  • She is a Lance Naik in the Indian Army and created history by becoming the first woman soldier skydiver. Hence, Option 2 is correct.
  • She jumped off the ALH Dhruv chopper (Advanced Light Helicopter) from a height of 10,000 feet.
  • Lance Naik Manju is from the Corps of Military Police.
  • She was trained by the skydiving training team of the Indian Army’s Adventure Wing.

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Shital Mahajan-Rane

  • Indian extreme sportsperson holds six World and 18 National records in skydiving. She is the first woman to perform a parachute jump without training over the North Pole and Antarctica, and the youngest to jump over both poles without trials.

Anamika Sharma

  • She was just 11 when she first jumped from a height of 10,000 feet. She has accomplished the feat of having 42 jumps to her name. She has executed them using 10 different types of parachutes and six different aircraft.

Shweta Parmar

  • She is the first woman skydiver in Gujarat, to make a daring descent from 13,000 feet in Thailand, unfurling a 'Jai Shri Ram' flag to mark the grand Ram temple consecration ceremony.
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