The position and involvement of women in the military has transformed over the course of this century due to the shifts in the social dynamic and progress on the issue of the women’s liberation. First of all, women took part in such civil occupations as supporting and auxiliary, and nursing during World War 1 and World War 2. The entry of women in Indian Armed forces started soon after the independence in 1942 with Women’s Auxiliary Corps and then in 1943 Indian Army Medical Corps in which women majorly worked as doctors and nurses.

The arrival of a new decade the nineties constitutes a major turning point with the commissioning of women as officer like in any other organisation but in Indian Armed Forces, not in medical stream only. At the turn of the 21st century, women took on combat support positions, especially in the IAF and INC. For instance, in the year 2015 the Indian Air Force recruited the first female fighter pilots.

Some of the latest are Supreme Court order come in July 2020, allowing women permanent commission in Indian Army and sending them to command also. Women’s roles have thus evolved from supporting roles and limited positions, to combat, administrative and leadership roles hence appreciable progress in the military on gender diversity.