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
India’s first woman I.P.S. Officer	Kiran Bedi
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 get Ashok Chakra	Nirja Mishra
First Indian woman Ambassador at United Nations	Vijayalakshmi Pandit
First Indian woman to swim across the English Channel	Miss Arati Saha (now Mrs. Arati Gupta)
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 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
First Indian Woman Minister of Indian Railways	Mamata Banerjee