List of Firsts in India (Female)

 

1. First Woman president of India --- Smt. Pratibha Patel (12th President)

2. First Female actress of Indian cinema --- Durgabai Kamat

3. First Female doctor --- Anandibai Gopalrao Joshi

4. First Woman Judge in Supreme Court --- Meera Sahib Fatima Bibi

5. First Woman ambassador --- C.B.Muthamma

6. First Miss World --- Rita Faria (1966)

7. First Woman Governor of a State (Free India) --- Sarojini Naidu

8. First Woman Speaker of a State Assembly --- Shanno Devi

9. First Woman Union Minister --- Rajkumari Amrit Kaur

10. First Female IPS --- Kiran Bedi

11. First astronaut to go to space --- Kalpana Chawla

12. First Indian woman to win Olympic Medal --- Karnam Malleswari (Bronze 2000, Sydney Olympic)

13. First Woman athlete to win two olympic medal --- P V Sindhu

14. First to summit Mt. Everest --- Bachendri Pal

15. First woman amputee to climb Everest --- Arunima Sinha

16. First to climb Everest twice --- Santosh Yadav

17. First Woman who reached Antarctica --- Meher Moose

18. First Woman ruler of Delhi --- Razia Sultan

19. First Woman Chief Minister --- Sucheta Kripalani

20. First Woman ambassador at United Nations --- Vijaylakshmi Pandit

21. First to win WTA title --- Sania Mirza

22. First to score a double century in test cricket --- Mithali Raj

23. First to win Booker Prize --- Arundhati Roy (1997, for 'The God of Small Things')

24. First Woman Chief Justice of High Court --- Ms. Leela Seth

25. First Woman Lieutenant General --- Puneeta Arora

26. First Woman president of Indian National Congress --- Sarojini Naidu

27. First Woman president of UN General Assembly --- Vijay Laxmi Pandit

28. First to get Graduates degree --- Kadambini Ganguly & Chandramukhi Basu (1883)

29. First to win gold medal in Asian Games --- Kamaljeet Sandhu (1970, Bangkok)

30. First Woman Lawyer --- Cornelia Sorabjee

31. First Woman Airline pilot --- Durga Banerjee

32. First to receive Jnanpith award --- Ashapurna Devi

33. First to swim across English Channel --- Arati Saha

34. First Woman DGP --- Kanchan Chaudhary Bhattacharya

35. First to receive Nobel Prize --- Mother Terasa

36. First Woman Chairman of UPSC --- Roze Millian Bethew

37. First Woman pilot to fly solo in the Indian Air Force --- Harita Kaur Deol

38. First Woman fighter pilot --- Bhawana Kanth

39. First Finance Minister --- Nirmala Sitharaman

40. First Defence Minister --- Nirmala Sitharaman

41. First Woman president of ASSOCHAM --- Swati Piramal

42. First Chief Election Commissioner --- Mrs. Ramadevi

43. First woman speaker of Lok Sabha --- Meira Kumar (2009)

44. First Female Teacher --- Savitribai Phule

45. First Woman IAS officer --- Anna Rajam Malhotra

46. First Female Surgeon --- Kadambini Ganguly

47. First Woman to cicumnavigate or sail around the world --- Ujwala Rao

48. First to receive gallantry award --- Major Mitali Madhumita

49. First to get Bharat Ratna --- Indira Gandhi

50. First Woman Musician to get Bharat Ratna --- M S Subhalakshmi