Q. Who was the first woman in India to receive the Jnanpith Award?
Answer: Ashapurna Devi
Notes: Ashapurna Devi was the first woman in to get Jnanpith Award in 1976 for her contributions in literature as a novelist and a poet. She also won Padam Shri and Sahitya Akademi Fellowship.

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