Indira Gandhi, Amrit Kaur named by TIME among '100 Women of the Year' https://in.news.yahoo.com/indira-gandhi-amrit-kaur-named-150115211.html?soc_src=social-sh&soc_trk=tw 
After India got independence in 1947, Kaur became the first woman to join the Cabinet, serving as Health Minister for 10 years. In that position, she founded the Indian Council for Child Welfare; helped establish the country’s top hospital and medical college; and campaigned to prevent malaria, likely saving hundreds of thousands of lives, the TIME profile said.