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Chonira Belliappa Muthamma (Kannada:ಚೋನಿರ ಬೆಳ್ಯಪ್ಪ ಮುತ್ತಮ್ಮ) (January 24 1924 – October 14 2009) was the first woman to sit the Indian Civil Services examinations in 1948 and to join the Indian Foreign Service in 1949. She was the first Indian female diplomat. Later she became the first Indian female Ambassador/High Commissioner.