First in India (Female)
| India’s first woman president | Smt. Pratibha Patil |
| India’s first woman Prime Minister | Smt. Indira Gandhi |
| India’s first woman governor | Sarojini Naidu |
| India’s first woman ruler (On Delhi’s throne) | Razia Sultan(1236-1240) |
| India’s first woman I.P.S. Officer | Kiran Bedi |
| India’s first woman I.A.S. Officer | Anna Gorge (Malhotra) |
| First woman Chief Minister of a state | Sucheta Kripalani(U.P) |
| First woman Union Minister | Rajkumari Amrita Kaur |
| First woman president of INC | Annie Besant |
| First woman Judge of the Suprime Court | Meera Sahib Fatima Bibi |
| First woman to climb on Mount Everest twice in the youngest age | Dicky Dolma |
| First woman to climb on Mount Everest twice | Sontosh Yadav |
| First woman to get Ashok Chakra | Nirja Mishra(after death) |
| First woman to get the Raman magsaysay prize for public service | Kiran Bedi |
| First Indian woman Ambassador at United Nations | Vijayalakshmi Pandit |
| First woman Union Minister | Amrut Kuar(1947) |
| First woman Bank Manager (Syndicate bank, Bangalore) | Shanta Kumar (1962) |
| First woman News reader on ‘Door Darsan’ | Pratima Puri |
| First woman to perform in United Nations Organization | M.S. Subbulakshmi (1966) |
| First woman to win Gold in World Cup Shooting | Heena Didhu(2013) |
| First woman to participate in Olympic Games | Merry Lila Ro |
| First woman kabaddi coach to win Dronacharya Award | Sunil Dabas(2012) |
| First woman to win bronze medal in boxing in Olympic Games | M.C.Merry Kom(2012) |
| First woman to win bronze medal in badminton in Olympic Games | Saina Nehwal (2012) |
| First woman to win gold medal in Asian Games (race-400m) | Kamaljeet Sandhu (1970) |
| First woman World Boxing Champion for five times | M.C. Merry Kom |
| First woman to win International Grand Master prize in chess | Bhagyashree Thipse |
| First woman awarded by ‘Arjuna Prize’ | N. Lamsaden (Hockey, 1961) |
| First woman to make Hat trick in International Football | Yolanda Deesuza |
| First woman to get 100 wickets in International woman cricket | Diana Edulagee (1986) |
| First woman to make world record in Power lifting | Sumita Saha (1989) |
| First and only woman to participate in three games (Cricket, Hockey and Basketball) | Shirine Khusaro Kiyash |
| First woman to win bronze medal in Common Wealth Games | Ami Ghiya-Kanwal Thakur Singh, (Badminton, 1978) |
| First woman Chairperson of Indian Science Congress | Dr. Aashima Chatarjee |
| First woman Director General of Police | Kanchan Chaudhary Bhattacharya |
| First woman Finger print specialist | Sita varathambal and bhragathambal (sisters) |
| First woman commissioner of custom and central excise | Kaushalya Narayan(1970) |
| First woman editor of first woman’s magazine | Kamla Swaminathan (Indian Ladies magazine, 1901) |
| First woman chairperson of the U.P.S.C. | Rose Million Bethews |
| First woman Director general of Indian Medical Research Commission | G. V. Satyavati |
| First Indian woman to swim across the English Channel | Miss Arati Saha (now Mrs. Arati Gupta) |
| First woman to reach Antarctica as a member of Antarctica Campaign Team | Dr. Aditi Pant (1983) |
| First woman to live most days on Antarctica | Dr. Kawal Sandhu (472 days) |
| First woman to reach Antarctica | Mehar Musa (1977) |
| First woman to reach north pole | Preeti Sen Gupta (1993) |
| First woman to complete the round of world by a boat | Ujjavala Patil (1988) |
| First woman to win International Swimming Marathon | Archana Bharat Kumar Patel (1988) |
| First woman to cross Gibraltar Strait to swim | Aarti Pradhan (1988) |
| First woman pilot in world to fly Airbus | Capt. Durwa Banerjee |
| First woman to fly plane lonely of Indian air force | Harita Deol |
| First woman commander in Boeing-737 airplane | Capt. Saudamini Deshmukh |
| First woman Aircraft maintenance engineer in Indian airlines | Bhuwan Shree Gautam |
| First woman Paratrooper in Indian Air force | Neeta Ghosh (1959) |
| First woman Major General in Indian Army | G. M. Ram |
| First woman to get ‘Shourya Chakra’ | Galeriya Beri (after death) |
| First woman to get Military Medal | Vimla Devi (1988) |
| First woman pilot to fly the plane of Indian air force | Harita Deol |
| First woman M.P. in central legislative | Radhabai Subairan (1938) |
| First woman member in legislative assembly(Madras) | Dr. S. Muthulakshmi Reddy |
| First woman Deputy Chairperson of legislative assembly | Smt. Shanno Devi |
| First woman mayor of a city (Madras) | Tara Cherian (1957) |
| First woman mayor to be in a least age | Panchmarthi Anuradha (26) |
| First woman English writer in India | Toaru Dutt |
| First woman Surgeon | Dr. Prema Mukharjee |
| First woman Barrister (1923, Allahabad High Court) | Kornoliya Sorabaji |
| First woman Advocate | Regina Guhaa |
| First woman Ambassador | Vijay Laxmi Pandit(1947, Russia) |
| First woman to be Graduate (B.A.) | Kadambini Ganguly, Chandramukhi Basu (kolkata) |
| First woman M.M.B.S. (1889, Kolkata Medical Collage) | Vadhumukhi Bose, Virginiya Mitter |
| First woman Chief Engineer | P.K. Tresiya Ganguly |
| First woman rail engine driver | Surekha Shankar Yadav |
| First woman metro train driver | Meenakshi Sharma |
| First woman cricket coach | Sunita Sharma |
| First woman Circus player | Abda Bai Payrulakar |
| First woman awarded by ‘Arjuna Prize’ | N. Lamsaden (Hockey, 1961) |
| First woman to win Norman Borlogue Prize | Dr. Amruta Patel (1992) |
| First woman to win ‘Shahitya Academic Prize | Amruta Preetam (1956) |
| First woman to win Lenin Peace Prize | Aruna Aasif Ali |
| First woman to win ‘Shati Swaroop Bhatnagar’ Prize | Aashima Chatarjee |
| First woman Chairperson of National Woman Commission | Smt. Jayanti Patnayak (1992) |
| First woman Graduate in Engineering | Illa Mazumdar (1951, Shivpur) |
| First Indian woman to get the Nobel 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 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 Airline Pilot | Durga Banerjee |
| First Indian woman to win a Gold Medal in Asian Games | Kamaljeet Sandhu |
| First Indian woman president of Indian National Congress | Sarojini Naidu (1925) |
| First Indian woman to win the Booker Prize | Arundhati Roy |
| First female judge who was appointed to the Supreme Court of India | Justice M. Fathima Beevi |
| First woman chief justice in Mumbai High Court | Sujata V. Manohar |
| First woman Session Judge | Anna Chandi (Kerala) |
| First woman chairperson of planning commission | Smt. Indira Gandhi |
| First woman Employment office | Jaipur |
| First woman Chairperson of Import-Export Bank | Tarajani Vakeel |
| First Actress in Indian cinema | Smt. Devika Rani |
| First woman Deputy Chairperson of ‘Rajya Sabha’ | Violet Alva (1962) |
| First woman Secretary General of ‘Rajya Sabha’ | V. S. Ramadevi |
| First woman speaker of ‘Lok Sabha’ | Smt. Meera Kumar |
| First girl to win 5 silver medals in pre junior Chess competition, London | Taniya Sachdev |
| First woman Musician to get ‘Bharat Ratna’ | M.S. Subbulakshmi |
| First Indian woman to go into space | Kalpana Chawla |
| First Indian Woman to Climb the ‘Mt. Everest’ twice | Santosh Yadav |
| First Indian woman to become ‘Miss Universe’ | Sushmita Sen(1994) |
| First Indian Woman Minister of Indian Railways | Mamata Banerjee |
| First female amputee and first Indian amputee to climb Mount Everest. | Arunima Sinha |
| world’s first twins and the youngest Indians to enter the coveted ‘the seven summit club’ | Nungshi and Tashi |
| world’s first twins scaled Mt Vinson, the highest peak of Antarctica | Nungshi and Tashi (also known as India’s famous ‘Everest twins’) |
| India’s first woman head paramilitary force | Archana Ramasundaram |
| First Woman to receive Ashoka Chakra | Neerja Bhanot |
| India’s first female officer to receive the Sena Medal for gallantry | Mitali Madhumita |
| First Female Muslim Pilot in India | Saarah Hameed |
| First woman pilot to fly solo in the Indian Air Force | Harita Kaur Deol |
| First Indian woman to join the Indian Army | Priya Jhingan |
| First Indian Woman train driver of passenger train | Surekha Yadav |
| Formula One’s first female team principal | Monisha Kaltenborn (Indian-born) |
| India’s First Female Olympian and Double International | Mary Dsouza |
| India’s first female army captain | Lakshmi Sehgal |
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