The country’s first woman diplomat (Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officer), Chonira Belliappa Muthamma, died at a private hospital in Bangalore on October 14, 2009,  following a brief illness, family sources said.  Muthamma (85) was born in a modest family at Virajpet in the hilly Kodagu district of Karnataka. She had served as the ambassador to Hungary, the … Continue reading Country’s First Woman Diplomat Dies at 85