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Fathima Beevi

Fathima Beevi
11th Governor of Tamil Nadu
In office
25 January 1997 – 3 July 2001
Chief MinisterM. Karunanidhi
J. Jayalalithaa
Preceded byKrishan Kant
(Additional Charge)
Succeeded byDr. 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(1927-04-30)30 April 1927
Pathanamthitta, Travancore, India
(present day Kerala, India)
Died23 November 2023(2023-11-23) (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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  10. ^ "Padma Awardees List 2024" (PDF). Padma Awards. 25 January 2024. Retrieved 25 January 2024.

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