First in India (Women)

The first woman president of India	Smt. Pratibha Patil
The first lady to become "Miss World"	Rita Faria
The first woman judge in Supreme Court	Mrs. Meera Sahib Fatima Bibi
The first woman Ambassador	Miss C.B. Muthamma
The first woman Governor of a State in free India	Mrs. Sarojini Naidu(1925)
The first woman Prime Minister	Mrs. Indira Gandhi
The first woman to climb Mount Everest	Bachhendri Pal
The first woman to climb Mount Everest twice	Santosh Yadav
The first woman President of the Indian National Congress	Mrs. Annie Besant
The first woman chief justice of a High Court	Mrs. Leela Seth
The first woman pilot in Indian Air Force	Harita Kaur Dayal
The first woman President of the United Nations General Assembly	Mrs. Vijaya Laxmi Pandit
The first woman Chief Minister of an Indian State	Mrs. Sucheta Kripalani
The first woman chairman of Union Public Service Commission	Roze Millian Bethew
The first woman Director General of Police (DGP)	Kanchan Chaudhary Bhattacharya
The first woman Lieutenent General	Puneeta Arora
The first woman Air Vice Marshal	P. Bandopadhyaya
The first woman chairperson of Indian Airlines	Sushma Chawla
The first woman I.P.S. Officer	Mrs. Kiran Bedi
The first and the last Muslim woman ruler of Delhi	Razia Sultan
The first woman to receive Ashoka Chakra	Nirja Bhanot
The first woman to cross English Channel	Aarti Saha
The first woman to receive Nobel Prize	Mother Teresa
The first woman to receive Bharat Ratna	Mrs. Indira Gandhi
The First woman to get Ashok Chakra	Nirja Mishra
The first woman to receive Jnanpith Award	Ashapurna Devi
First Indian woman to swim across the English Channel	Miss Arati Saha (now Mrs. Arati Gupta)
First Indian woman to win WTA Title	Sania Mirza
First Indian woman Airline Pilot	Durga Banerjee
First Indian woman to win a Gold Medal in Asian Games	Kamaljeet Sandhu
First Indian woman to win the Booker Prize	Arundhati Roy
First Indian woman to go into space	Kalpana Chawla
First Indian Woman Minister of Indian Railways	Mamata Banerjee