Guwahati, Aug. 7 -- The first female paratrooper from Assam, Dwipannita Kalita, has been featured on the cover of Femina India's Independence Day Special Edition, alongside nine other women officers of the Indian Army.

This recognition brings pride to Assam and the Northeast.

Assam's Health and Family Welfare Minister, Ashok Singhal, expressed his pride in Major Kalita's achievement on X (formerly Twitter), stating, "Incredibly proud to see Major Dwipannita Kalita, a daughter of Dhekiajuli and the first female paratrooper from Assam, featured on the cover of Femina India, alongside Colonel Sofia Qureshi and 8 other valiant Veeranganas of the Indian Army."

Kalita, from Assam's Dhekiajuli, serves in the Parachute Medical Regiment of the ...