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First in India (Female)

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First in India (Female)

First Woman President

Smt. Pratibha Patil

First Woman Prime Minister

Smt. Indira Gandhi

First Woman Governor

Sarojini Naidu

First Woman rule (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 to Judge of the Supreme Court

Meera Sahib Fatima Bibi

First Woman to get Ashoka Chakra

Nirja Bhanot

First Indian Woman Ambassador at United Nations

Vijayalakshmi Pandit

First Indian Woman to swim across English Channel

Arati Saha (Gupta)

First Indian Woman to get the Noble Prize

Mother Teresa (1779)

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

Darba Banerjee

First Indian Woman to fly an aircraft

Sarla Thkral

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

Arundati 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 Bathew

First Female IAS Officer

Anna George

First Female Chairperson of any Legislative Assembly

Shanno Devi (Haryana , 16-1967)

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 Cherjan (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 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 Gobi Desert

Sucheta Kadethankar

First Female Secretary general of Rajya Sabha

V.S. Ramadevi

First Female Actress Nominated for Rajya Sabha

Nargis Dutt

First Female to reach Antarctica

Mehar Moos

First female recipient of Sahitya Akademi Award

Amrita Pritam

First Female Participant of Olympic Games

Nilima Ghose

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 medalist in Badminton

Saina Nehwal

First Female medalist 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

Mithali Raj

First Indian Woman Cricketer to score 10,000 International Runs

Mithali 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 of Asiad

Vinesh Phogat

First Female to get Norman Borlag Award

Dr. Amrita Patel (1992)

First Female to reach Olympic in Track and Field Final

P.T. Usha

First Female to get Olympic medal twice

P.V. Sindhu

First Women combat Aviator of the Indian Army

Capt. Abhilasha Barak

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