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First Females in India List
| designation | name |
|---|---|
| First Woman President | Smt. Pratibha Patil |
| First Woman Prime Minister | Smt. Indira Gandhi |
| First Woman Governor | Sarojini Naidu |
| First Woman ruler (on Delhi’s throne) | Razia Sultan |
| First Woman I.P.S. officer | Kiran Bedi |
| First Woman Chief Minister of a state | Sucheta Kriplani (U.P.) |
| First Woman Union Minister/ First Union Health Minister | Rajkumari Amrita Kaur |
| First Woman President of INC | Annie Besant |
| First Woman Judge of the Supreme Court | Meera Sahib Fatima Bibi |
| First Woman to get Ashok Chakra | Nirja Bhanot |
| First Indian Woman Ambassador at United Nations | Vijayalakshmi Pandit |
| First Indian Woman to swim across the English Channel | Arati Saha (Gupta) |
| First Indian Woman to get the Noble Prize | Mother Teresa (1979) |
| First Indian Woman to climb the Mt. Everest | Bachendri Pal |
| First Indian Woman to become ‘Miss World’ | Miss Reita Faria |
| First Indian Woman to climb the ‘Mt. Everest’ twice | Santosh Yadav |
| First Indian Woman to become ‘Miss Universe’ | Sushmita Sen |
| First Indian Woman to get Bharat Ratna | Smt. Indira Gandhi |
| First Woman to get Jnanpith Award | Ashapurna Devi |
| First Indian Woman to win WTA Title | Sania Mirza |
| First Indian Woman Pilot of Indian Airlines | Durba Banerjee |
| First Indian Woman to fly an aircraft | Sarla Thakral |
| First Indian Woman to win a Gold in Asian Games | Kamaljeet Sandhu |
| First Indian Woman President of I. N. Congress | Sarojini Naidu (1925) |
| First Indian Woman to win the Booker Prize | Arundhati Roy |
| First Woman Musician to get ‘Bharat Ratna’ | M.S. Subbulakshmi |
| First Indian Woman to go into space | Kalpana Chawla |
| First Female Speaker of Loksabha | Meira Kumar |
| First Female Secretary General of India | Snehlata Shrivastav |
| First Female Deputy Chairperson of Rajyasabha | Violet Alva |
| First Female Member of Parliament | Radhabai Subbarayan |
| First Female Chairperson of UPSC | Rose Millian Mathew |
| First Female IAS Officer | Anna George |
| First Female Chairperson of any Legislative Assembly | Shanno Devi (Haryana, 1966-67) |
| First Female Chief Justice Of any High Court | Leila Seth (Himachal Pradesh) |
| First Female Session Judge | Anna Chandy/Chandi |
| First Female Indian Ambassador at UN | Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit |
| First Female Indian to get Jnanpith Award | Ashapoorna Devi |
| First Female to get Arjun Award | Anne Lumsden (Hockey, 1961) |
| First Female Indian to get a medal in Olympics | Karnam Malleswari |
| First Female to get Arjun and R.G. Khel Ratna Award (both) | Kunj Rani (1990, 1996-97) |
| First Female Mayor | Tara Cherian (Chennai) |
| First Female Graduate | Kadambini Ganguly (1878) and Chandramukhi Basu |
| First Female Graduate (Hons.) | Kamini Roy (1886) |
| First Female Physician | Anandibai Gopalrao Joshi |
| First Female Surgeon | Dr Prema Mukherjee |
| First Female Driver in Indian Railways | Surekha Shankar Yadav |
| First Female Fighter Pilot of IAF | Bhawana Kanth |
| First Female Pilot to fly solo in the Indian Air Force | Harita Kaur Deol |
| First Female Lieutenant General | Punita Arora |
| First Female Air Marshal | Padma Bandopadhyay |
| First Female Chairperson of Indian Airlines | Sushma Chawala |
| First Indian Female to win Oscar Award | Bhanu Athaiya |
| First Indian Female to ski to the South Pole | Rina Kaushal Dharmshaktu |
| First Female Sea channels off Five Continents | Bula Choudhary |
| First Female to walk across the Gobi Desert | Sucheta Kadethankar |
| First Female Secretary-General of Rajya Sabha | V. S. Ramadevi |
| First Female Actress Nominated for Rajya Sabha | Nargis |
| First Female to reach Antarctica | Mehar Moos |
| First Female recipient of Sahitya Akademi Award | Amrita Pritam |
| First Female participant of Olympic Games | Mary Leela Rao |
| First Female Actress | Devika Rani |
| First Female chairperson of Rashtriya Mahila Ayog | Jayanti Patnayak |
| First Female News reader of Doordarshan | Pratima Puri |
| First Female Olympic Silver Medalist in Badminton | P. V. Sindhu |
| First Female Olympic medallist in Badminton | Saina Nehwal |
| First Female medallist in wrestling at Olympic | Sakshi Mallick |
| First Female to get Bronze Medal in Boxing at Olympic | Marry Kom (2012, London Olympic) |
| First Female Foreign Secretary | Chokila lyer |
| First Female to hit Double Ton in Cricket | Mital Raj |
| First Female to qualify for Olympic Gymnastic | Dipa Karmakar |
| First Female Indian Member of International Olympic Committee | Nita Ambani |
| First Female Indian Cricketer to get 100 Wickets | Diana Edulji |
| First Female Gold Medallist in Asiad | Vinesh Phogat |
| First Female to get Norman Borlaug Award | Dr Amrita Patel (1992) |
| First Female to reach Olympic in Track and Field Event Final | P.T. Usha |