<Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification . Please help by adding reliable sources . Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately, especially if potentially libelous or harmful . (May 2015) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification . Please help by adding reliable sources . Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately, especially if potentially libelous or harmful . (May 2015) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> <P> Anna Rajam George (née Malhotra) (born July 17, 1927) was the first female Indian Administrative Service officer of Independent India while Esha Basant Joshi was the first woman IAS . Malhotra belonged to the 1951 batch of the IAS and married R.N. Malhotra, her batchmate . </P> <P> Malhotra was born in 1927 in Niranam, Alleppey as the daughter of Ottavelil O.A. George and Anna Paul . She was the granddaughter of Malayalam author Pailo Paul . She grew up in Calicut and completed her intermediate from Providence Women's College and bachelor's degree from Malabar Christian College in Calicut . In 1949 she obtained her master's in English literature from Madras University . She passed the civil services examination in 1950, and was the first woman to do so . </P>

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