Who was the first lady Governor of Tripura?

Concept: Gubernatorial appointments in India are made by the President, and each state’s Raj Bhavan (Governor’s House) keeps its own chronological record of who has held that office. To identify a state’s “first woman Governor,” that state’s own appointment record must be checked — not the record of a different or larger state.

Application: For Tripura specifically, Dr. Kamala Beniwal was appointed Governor of Tripura in October 2009, making her the first woman to hold that office in Tripura’s history.

Cross-check: Comparing the other named women against Tripura’s own record rules them out:

• Sarojini Naidu was the first woman to govern any Indian state after independence, but that state was Uttar Pradesh (1947–1949), not Tripura.

• Sucheta Kripalani was independent India’s first woman Chief Minister of a state — Uttar Pradesh (1963–1967) — a Chief Minister’s office, not a Governor’s, and in a different state.

• Nandini Satpathy served as Chief Minister of Odisha across two terms between 1972 and 1976 — again a Chief Minister’s office in a different state.

Since only Dr. Kamala Beniwal held the office of Governor specifically in Tripura, she is the answer this question asks for.