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Fathima Beevi
Fathima Beevi | |
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| 11th Governor of Tamil Nadu | |
| In office 25 January 1997 – 3 July 2001 | |
| Chief Minister | M. Karunanidhi J. Jayalalithaa |
| Preceded by | Krishan Kant (Additional Charge) |
| Succeeded by | Dr. C. Rangarajan (Additional Charge) |
| Member of National Human Rights Commission of India | |
| In office 1993–1997 | |
| Judge of the Supreme Court of India | |
| In office 6 October 1989 – 29 April 1992 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 30 April 1927 Pathanamthitta, Travancore, India (present day Kerala, India) |
| Died | 23 November 2023 (aged 96) Kollam, Kerala, India |
| Alma mater | |
M. Fathima Beevi (30 April 1927 – 23 November 2023) was an Indian judge who was a justice of the Supreme Court of India. Appointed to the apex Court in 1989, she became the first female judge to be a part of the Supreme Court of India,[1][2][3][4][5][6][7] and the first Muslim woman to be appointed to any of the higher judiciaries in the country. On her retirement from the court, she served as a member of the National Human Rights Commission and later as the Governor of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu from 1997 to 2001. In 2023, she was honoured with Kerala Prabha Award, the second-highest honour given by the Government of Kerala.[3][8][9] In the 2024 honours list, she was posthumously awarded the Padma Bhushan.[10]
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- ^ "Padma Awardees List 2024" (PDF). Padma Awards. 25 January 2024. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
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