[1] The first woman officer to be awarded Sena Medal for gallantry is Capt (Dr) CR Leena in 1995.
Colonel Mitali Madhumita received the Sena Medal in 2011[1] for exemplary courage shown during the attack on the Indian embassy by terrorists in Kabul, Afghanistan on 26 February 2010,when she was a Major[2] and operations in Jammu-Kashmir[1] and the northeast states of India.
[2] Colonel Madhumita[3] went into the Indian embassy which had come under attack and rescued several injured civilians and army personnel from the debris.
[7] However the Ministry of Defence appealed the order of the Armed Forces Tribunal in the Supreme court of India stating that Madhumita had enlisted in the army on a short service commission.
[7] In 2016 Supreme court of India rejected the Ministry of Defence's plea against granting her a permanent commission in the Indian army.