First Female in India:
1 First & Last Muslim Woman ruler of Delhi – Razia Sultana – 1236 to 1240
2 First Female Film Director and Producer of Indian Cinema – Fatma Begum
3 First Woman Headmistress in school Savitribai Phule – 1848
4 First Woman Doctor-Anandi Gopal Joshi-1886
5 First Woman Lawyer – Cornelia Sorabji – 1888
6 First Female Photojournalist – Homai Vyarawalla – 1913
7 First Women’s University Maharshi Karve starts SNDT University in Pune with five students in 1916
8 First Woman President of INC-Annie Besant-1917
9 First Woman Airline Pilot-Sarla Thakral-1936
10 First Female Judge – Anna Chandy – 1937 (High Court judge in 1959)
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11 First Lady Scientist – Asima Chatterjee – 1944
12 first woman governor in india-Sarojini Naidu-Uttar Pradesh from 1947 to 1949 and President of the Indian National Congress in 1925
13 First Woman Ambassador at UN-Vijalakshmi Pandit-1947 – 1949
14 Anna Rajam Malhotra became the first woman IAS officer of India in 1951
15 First Woman Union Minister (Minister of Health) Rajkumari Amrita Kaur-1947 – 1957
16 First Woman Governor of Independent India Sarojini Naidu – 1947-1949(in charge of United Provinces)
17 First Woman President of the United Nations General Assembly – Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit – 1953
18 First Woman to swim across English Channel-Arati Saha-1959
19 First Indian woman judge of a High Court – Anna Chandy – 1959 (Kerala)
20 First Lady Deputy Chairman of Rajya Sabha – Violet Alva – 1962
21 First woman to get Arjuna Award-Stephie D’Souza-1963
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22 First Woman Chief Minister of State (UP) Sucheta Kripalani-1963 – 1967
23 First Woman to become Miss World-Reita Faria-1966
24 First Woman Prime Minister-Indira Gandhi-1966-1977
25 First Woman Speaker of a State Assembly (Haryana) Shanno Devi – 1966
26 First Woman to win Gold in Asian Games-Kamaljeet Sandhu-1970
27 First Indian Lady to Win Miss Asia Pacific International – Zeenat Aman – 1970
28 First woman Ambassador-Miss C.B. Muthumma-1970
29 First Woman to get Bharat Ratna-Indira Gandhi-1971
30 First Woman IPS Officer of India Kiran Bedi – 1972
31 First Woman to get jnanpith Award-Ashapurna Devi-1976
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32 First Indian Woman Who Reached Antarctica – Mahel Musa – 1977
33 First Woman Air Vice Marshal – P. Bandopadhyaya 1978
34 First Woman to get Nobel Prize-Mother Terasa-1979
35 First Women to win Oscar Award-Bhanu Athaiya-1983
36 First Woman to climb Mt Everest-Bachendri Pal-1984
37 First Woman judge in Supreme Court – Meera Sahib Fatima Bibi – 1984 (Governor of Tamil Nadu from 1997 to 2001)
38 First Woman to get Ashok Chakra-Nirja Bhanot-1987
39 First Woman Pilot of Locomotive engine (Train Driver) Surekha Yadav – 1988
40 First Woman Judge of Supreme Court-Meera Sahib Fatima Bibi-1989
41 First woman Chief Election Commissioner of India – Smt V. S. Rama Devi(26 November 1990-11 December 1990)
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42 First woman chief justice of a high Court- Mrs.Leila Seth-1991
43 First Woman to Climb Mount Everest twice – Santosh Yadav – 1992 & 1993
44first Indian woman to join the Indian Army in 1993 Priya Jhingan
45 First woman chairman of UPSC-Rose Millian Bathew Kharbuli 1992 to 1996.
46 First woman Pilot in Indian Air Force-Harita Kaur Deol-1994
47 First Woman to become Miss Universe-Susmita Sen-1994
48 First Woman to Booker Prize-Arundhati Roy-1997
49 First Woman to go to space-Kalpana Chawla-1997
50 First Woman Musician to get Bharat Ratna-MS Subbalakshmi-1998
51 First woman Chief Minister of Delhi Smt. Sushma Swaraj – 1998
52 First woman DIG in Indian Coast Guard – Nupur Kulshrestha – 1999
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53 First Woman to win Medal in Olymbic Karnam Malleswari-2000
54 First female flying officer in the Indian Air Force Anjali Gupt – 2001
55 First Woman Air Vice Marshal – P. Bandopadhyay – 2002
56 First Woman to win WTA Title-Sania Mirza-2004
57 First Woman Lieutenant General – Puneeta Arora – 2004
58 First Woman chairperson of Indian Airline Sushma Chawla – 2005
59 First Woman Firefighter – Harshini Kanhekar – 2006
60 First Woman President-Pratiba Patil-2007 – 2012
61 First Woman Speaker of Lok Sabha Meira Kumar – 2009
62 First Indian Lady to Win Miss Earth – Nicole Faria – 2010
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63 First Indian woman mountaineer to scale the seven continental peaks – Premlata Agrawal – 2011(Padma Shri in 2013 and the Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award in 2017)
64 First Female Jawan in the Indian Army – Shanti Tigga – 2011
65 First Female Metro Pilot (BENGALURU) – N.Priyanka – 2011
66 First Person to have walked across the Gobi desert (1600 km) Sucheta Kadethankar – 2011
67 First Indian Lady to Win Miss Asia Pacific World – Himangini Singh Yadu – 2012
68 First Indian Woman to Win a Medal in Badminton at Olympics – Saina Nehwal – 2012
69 First Indian Female Boxer to Win an Olympic Bronze Medal – Mary Kom – 2012
70 First twins ever to conquer Mount Everest Tashi and Nancy Malik – 2013
71 First woman amputee to scale Everest – Arunima Sinha – 2013
72 First Female Chairperson of State Bank of India – Arundhati Bhattacharya – 2013
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73 First Woman to hold a Union Foreign Minister’s post Sushma Swaraj – 2014 (youngest minister at 25 years)
74 First Indian Lady to Win Miss Supranational – Asha Bhat – 2014
75 First Female Bus driver at Delhi Transport Corporation – Vankadarath Saritha – 2015
76 PV Sindhu became the first Indian to win a gold medal in the Badminton World Championships. Sindhu is the first Indian sportswoman to win two consecutive medals at the 2016 Rio Olympics and 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
77 First Indian woman who become an individual member of International Olympic Committee Nita Ambani – 2016
78 First Indian woman to win a medal in the Paralympic Games – Deepa Malik(Silver in shotput at Rio 2016)
79 First transgender woman to be a police officer in India (Dharmapuri TN)-K Prithika Yashini-2017
80 First Visually Impaired Woman IAS Officer – Pranjal Patil – 2019
81 First woman defense Minister of India (full time)Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman – 2019
82 First Indian woman scientist selected as a fellow in London’s Royal Society – Gagandeep Kang – 2019
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83 First female amputee to climb Mount Vinson, the highest peak of Antarctica – Arunima Sinha – 2019
84 First Indian female golfer to win the Ladies European Tour – Aditi Ashok – 2019
85 First women cricketer scored a century in T20 – Harmanpreet Kaur – 2019
86 First ever woman to be appointed to the ICC International Panel of Match Referees – GS Lakshmi – 2019
87 First female national umpire to officiate in the T20 contest – Vrinda Rathi – 2019
88 First Indian woman to cross the Atlantic Ocean solo in a light sport aircraft – Arohi Pandit – 2019
89 First Indian woman to be elected Royal Society Fellow – Gagandeep Kang – 2019
90 First Indian Woman Flight Engineer – Hina Jaiswal – 2019
91 First Indian woman to receive Future of Nature award for marine conservation – Divya Karnad – 2019
92 First Indian woman to win Gold and Bronze Medal in Tokyo 2020 Paralympics – Avani Lekhara
93 Krithi Karanth is the first Indian and Asian woman to win the 2021 WILD Innovator Award.
94 One of the first female fighter pilots of India, Bhawana Kanth became the first woman fighter pilot to take part in the Indian Air Force’s (IAF’s) tableau at the Republic Day parade of 2021.
95 The latest global chief executive officer (CEO) of the French luxury house Chanel, Leena Nair was also the first female and youngest-ever Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO) of Unilever.2021
96 The first deputy managing director (FDMD) of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Gita Gopinath 2021
97 First Scheduled Tribe President of India – Draupadi Murmu – 2022
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