First woman: India

First woman President – Prathibha Patil

First woman Prime Minister- Indira Gandhi

First woman Loksabha speaker- Meira Kumar

First woman receiver of Nobel Prize- Mother Theresa

First woman receiver of Bharat Ratna-Mrs.Indira Gandhi

First woman judge in Supreme Court-Justice Fathima Beevi

First woman chief minister of independent india-Sucheta Kripalini (U.P)

First woman governor of an Indian State-Sarojini Naidu

First Woman Foreign Secretary-Chokila Aiyer(2001-02)

First lady central cabinet minister-Raj Kumari Amrithkaur

First woman IPS officer- Kiran Bedi

 First woman IAS officer of independent India-Isha Basant Joshi

First woman chairman of UPSC-Rose Milian Bethew

First woman holder of Asoka Chakra- Niraj Bhanot

First lady honoured with Jnanapith-Asha poorna Devi

First Lady who got Padmasree- Nargis Datt

First woman who got Ramon Magsasay Award- Kamaladevi Chattopadhyaya

First Lady Mayor-Aruna Asif Ali

First woman DGP-Kanchan C Bhattacharya

First women to perform in United Nations -M.S.Subhalakshmi

First Lady speaker in Legislative Assembly-Sushila Naiyar

First woman speaker of state assembly-Shanno Devi

 First women to enter space- Kalpana Chawla

First Indian President of UN’s General Assembly–Vijayalaxmi Pandit(1953)

First lady Chairman of Indian National Congress-Sarojini Naidu

First Lady Chief Justice-Lila Seth (Himachal Pradesh)

First lady Rajyasabha secretary-V.S.Remadevi

First lady election commissioner-V.S.Remadevi

First woman honoured with Rajiv Gandhi Khel Retna- Meri Kom

First woman to score a double century in cricket- Mithaliraj(2002) against England

First Lady to swim English Bay-Arati Saha(1959)

First Indian lady to win a medal in the world athletic championship- Anju Bobby

George(in Aug 2003)

First lady who got gold medal in Asian games- Kamaljith sindhu(1970)

 First lady who got a medal in Olympics-Karnam Malleswari

First woman to climb Mt.Everst- Bachendri Pal

First Lady to Scale Mt.Everst Twice-Santhosh Yadav

First woman pilot-Monica Seth(1998)

First Lady Commercial Pilot-Prem Mathur

First woman lieutenant General- Punith Arora

First woman Air Marshal-Padmavathi Bandhopadhyaya

First woman joined in the Indian army-Priya Jhingan

First Lady Commercial Pilot(Air Bus)- Durba Banerjee

First Woman to perform a solo flight- Haritha Kaur Doel in 1994

First woman jet commander-Saudamini Deshmukh

First woman chairperson of Indian Airlines-Sushama Chawla

First lady magistrate-Omana kunjamma

First woman chief engineer- P.K.Thressia

First Lady Doctor – Dr.Kadambani Ganguli

First Lady scientist-Dr.Kamal Sohney

First woman advocate-Cornia Sorabji

First Fire Woman-Harshini Kanhekar

First Women Taxi Driver- Kanchan Gaud

First woman engine driver-Maria Goreti

First Indian woman to win Miss World Title-Reita Faria (1966)

First Indian Beauty to win Miss Universe-Susmitha Sen

First Actress in Indian Cinema-Rani Zubeida Dhanrajagir (Alam Ara)

First Lady Revolutionary- Madam Bhikaji Kama

First lady M.A holder- Chandra Mukhi Bose

First girl to register a win in the Wimbledon tournament Sania Mirza

First woman Chairman and Director of NABARD- Ranjana Kumar

First woman commissioner of Police of an Indian Metro- Letika Saran (Chennai)

Missile Woman of India-Tessy Thomas

First woman project director of DRDO’s Agni II Project- Tessy Thomas

First women merchant navy officer- Sonali Banerjee

First woman photo journalist-Homi Vyarawala