First in India (Women)

First Women's University

- Maharshi Karve starts SNDT University in Pune with five students in 1916.

First Woman to hold a Union Cabinet post

- Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit (Pre-Independence)

First Woman to hold a Union Foreign Minister's post

- Sushma Swaraj(2014)

First Woman youngest minister of a state

- Sushma Swaraj (She became the cabinet minister of Haryana when she was only 25 yrs old)

First Woman Governor of Independent India

- Sarojini Naidu, in charge of United Provinces

First Woman President of UN General Assembly

- Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit (1953)

First Woman Prime Minister of India

- Indira Gandhi (1966)

First Woman IPS Officer of India

- Kiran Bedi (1972)

First Woman to win Nobel Peace Prize

- Mother Teresa (1979)

First Indian Woman to climb Mount Everest

- Bachendri Pal (1984)

First Indian Woman to win Booker Prize

- Arundhati Roy (1997)

First Woman President

- Pratibha Patil (2007)

First Woman Speaker of Lok Sabha

- Meira Kumar (2009)

First Indian Woman to become "Miss World"

- Rita Faria

First Woman judge in Supreme Court

- Mrs. Meera Sahib Fatima Bibi

First Woman Ambassador

- Miss C. B. Muthamma

First Woman to Climb Mount Everest twice

- Santosh Yadav

First Woman President of the Indian National Congress

- Mrs. Annie Besant

First Woman Chief Minister of an Indian State

- Mrs. Sucheta Kripalani

First Woman Chairman of Union Public Service Commission

- Roze Millian Bethew

First Woman Director General of Police (DGP)

- Kanchan Chaudhary Bhattacharya

First Woman Lieutenant General

- Puneeta Arora

First Woman Air Vice Marshal

- P. Bandopadhyay

First Woman Chairperson of Indian Airlines

- Sushama Chawala

First & Last Muslim Woman ruler of Delhi

- Razia Sultana

First Woman to receive Ashoka Chakra

- Niraja Bhanot

First Woman to cross the English Channel

- Arati Saha

First Woman to receive Bharat Ratna

- Indira Gandhi

First Woman to receive Gyanpith Award

- Ashapurna Devi

First Woman Headmistress in school

- Savitribai Phule

First Indian woman who reached Antarctica

- Mahel Musa

First Indian woman who become an individual member of International Olympic Committee

- Nita Ambani (2016)

First Indian woman mountaineer to scale the srow p-2 continental peaks

- Premlata Agrawal

First woman amputee to scale Everest

- Arunima Sinha

First twins ever to conquer Mount Everest

- Tashi and Nancy Malik

First Indian woman scientist selected as a fellow in London's Royal Society

- Gagandeep Kang

First women defense Minister of India (full time)

- Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman

First woman Finance Minister of India

- Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman

First woman Chief Minister of Delhi

- Smt. Sushma Swaraj

First Visually Impaired Women IAS Officer

- Pranjal Patil

First woman DIG in Indian Coast Guard

- Nupur Kulshrestha

First woman Chief Election Commissioner of India

- Smt V. S. Rama Devi(26 November 1990-11 December 1990)

First woman Cabinet Minister of India

- Rajkumari Amrit Kaur (Post-Independence), became the Cabinet Minister for Health during the first Lok Sabha (1952-57).

First Indian woman to win a Paralympic Gold medal

- Avani Lekhara becomes the first Indian woman in history to win a Paralympic Gold medal in shooting for the country

First Woman Speaker of Odisha Legislative Assembly

- Biju Janata leader Pramila Mallik was elected as the new speaker of the Odisha Legislative Assembly unopposed on September 22, 2023.

First woman chairman of the Indian Railway Board

- Jaya Verma Sinha

First woman Director General of the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF)

- Nina Singh

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