<P> Anna Rajam Malhotra (née George; 17 July 1927--17 September 2018) was an Indian Administrative Service officer . She was the first woman in India to hold this position . 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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