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 = Puneeta 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