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title: "Name the first woman captain of the Indian Merchant Navy who became the first woman in the world to receive the Award for Exceptional Bravery at Sea from the International Maritime Organisation (IMO)?"  
description: "Name the first woman captain of the Indian Merchant Navy who became the first woman in the world to receive the Award for Exceptional Bravery at Sea from the International Maritime Organisation (IMO)?"  
author: "Ranbir Sharma"  
published: 2018-03-10  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/38249/name-the-first-woman-captain-of-the-indian-merchant-navy-who-became-the-first-woman-in-the-world-to-receive-the-award-for-exceptional-bravery-at-sea-from-the-international-maritime-organisation-imo  
category: "general knowledge"  
tags: ["general knowledge"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Name the first woman captain of the Indian Merchant Navy who became the first woman in the world to receive the Award for Exceptional Bravery at Sea from the International Maritime Organisation (IMO)?

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