First In India (Women)
First Women’s University Maharshi Karve starts SNDT University in Pune with five students in 1916.
First Woman to hold a Union Cabinet post Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
First Woman governor of Independent India Sarojini Naidu, in charge of United Provinces
First Woman president of UN General Assembly Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit (1953)
First Woman Prime Minister of India Indira Gandhi (1966)
First Woman IPS Officer of India Kiran Bedi (1972)
First Woman to win Nobel Peace Prize Mother Teresa (1979)
First Indian Woman to climb Mount Everest Bachendri Pal (1984)
First Indian Woman to win Booker Prize Arundhati Roy (1997)
First Woman President Pratibha Patil (2007)
First Woman Speaker of Lok Sabha Meira Kumar (2009)
First Indian Woman to become “Miss World” Rita Faria
First Woman judge in Supreme Court Mrs. Meera Sahib Fatima Bibi
First Woman Ambassador Miss C. B. Muthamma
First Woman to climb Mount Everest twice Santosh Yadav
First Woman President of the Indian National Congress Mrs. Annie Besant
First Woman Chief Minister of an Indian State Mrs. Sucheta Kripalani
First Woman chairman of Union Public Service Commission Roze Millian Bethew
First Woman Director General of Police (DGP) Kanchan Chaudhary Bhattacharya
First Woman Lieutenant General Puneeta Arora
First Woman Air Vice Marshal P. Bandopadhyaya
First Woman chairperson of Indian Airlines Sushama Chawala
First & Last Muslim Woman ruler of Delhi Razia Sultana
First Woman to receive Ashoka Chakra Niraja Bhanot
First Woman to cross English Channel Arati Saha
First Woman to receive Bharat Ratna Indira Gandhi
First Woman to receive Gyanpith Award Ashapurna Devi
First Woman Headmistress in school Savitribai Phule
First Indian woman who reached Antarctica Mahel Musa
First Indian woman who become an individual member of International Olympic Committee Nita Ambani (2016)
First Indian woman mountaineer to scale the seven continental peaks Premlata Agrawal
First woman amputee to scale Everest Arunima Sinha
First twins ever to conquer Mount Everest Tashi and Nancy Malik
First Indian woman scientist selected as fellow in London’s Royal Society Gagandeep Kang
First women defense Minister of India Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman
First woman Finance Minister of India Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman