The first lady to become Miss World : Rita Faria
The first woman judge in Supreme Court : Mrs. Meera Sahib Fatima Bibi
The first woman Ambassador : Miss C.B. Muthamma
The first woman Governor of a state in free India : Mrs Sarojini Naidu
The first woman Speaker of a State Assembly : Shanno Devi
The first woman Prime Minister : Mrs Indira Gandhi
The first woman Minister in a Government : Rajkumari Amrit Kaur
The first woman to climb Mount Everest : Bachhendri Pal
The first woman to climb Mount Everest twice : Santosh Yadav
The first woman President of Indian National Congress : Mrs Annie Besant
The first woman pilot in Indian Air Force : Harita Kaur Dayal
The first woman Graduates : Kadambini Ganguly and Chandramukhi Basu, 1883
The first woman Airline Pilot : Durba Banerjee
The first woman Honours Graduate : Kamini Roy, 1886
The first woman Olympic medal Winner : Karnam Malleswari, 2000
The first woman Asian Games Gold Medal Winner : Kamlijit Sandhu
The first woman Lawyer : Cornelia Sorabjee
The first woman President of United Nations General Assembly : Mrs Vijaya Laxmi Pandit
The first woman Chief Minister of an Indian State : Mrs Sucheta Kripalani
The first woman Chairman of Union Public Service Commission : Roze Millian Bethew
The first woman Director General of Police : Kanchan Chaudhary Bhattacharya
The first woman Judge : Anna Chandy (She became judge in a district court in 1937)
The first woman Cheif Justice of High Court : Mrs Leela Seth (Himachal Pradesh High Court)
The first woman Judge in Supreme Court of India : Kumari Justice M. Fathima Beevi
The first woman Lieutenant General : Lieutenant General Punita Arora
The first woman Air Vice Marshal : P. Bandopadhyaya
The first woman chairperson of Indian Airlines : Sushma Chawla
The first woman IPS officer :Mrs. Kiran Bedi
The first and last Muslim woman ruler of India : Razia Sultan
The first woman to receive Ashoka Chakra : Nirja Bhanot
The first woman to receive Jnanpith Award : Ashapurna Devi
The first woman to cross English Channel : Aarti Saha
The first woman to receive Nobel Prize : Mother Teresa
The first woman to receive Bharat Ratna : Mrs Indira Gandhi
The first woman to receive Jnanpith Award : Ashpurna Devi
