 Do you know that the first woman to clear UPSC civil services examination was also the India's first woman foreign service officer? It was CB Muthamma who cleared the prestigious UPSC examinations in the year 1948 and went on to represent India in various foreign countries till her retirement three decades later. CB Muthamma belonged to the state of Karnataka and completed her college education from women's Christian college located in Chennai. During her service tenure, it was alleged that she was constantly overlooked by the Indian foreign ministry for promotions. She filed a petition against the foreign ministry in the Supreme Court regarding its partition behavior towards women. B. Krishna Ayer, who was also the man behind the introduction of PIL in India, adjudicated the case in favor of Muthamma, which made her the first woman foreign ambassador of India. All her struggles as India's first woman foreign service officer had been noted down by her in her book Slain by the System. Hope this story of Muthamma will inspire our Indian women to raise above patriarchy and aim for this country.