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 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
>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
>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 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
>First Indian woman to become
‘Miss Universe’: Sushmita Sen(1994)
>First Indian Woman Minister of
Indian Railways: Mamata Banerjee
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