First in India List (Female)

 First in India List (Female)

First Woman Prime Minister-Smt. Indira Gandhi

 First Woman President of India-Smt. Pratibha Patil

First Woman Governor-Sarojini Naidu

First Woman ruler (on Delhi's throne)-Razia Sultan

First Woman I.P.S.Officer-Kiran Bedi

First Woman Chief Minister of a State-Sucheta Kriplani (U.P.)

First Woman Union Minister-Rajkumari Amrita Kaur

First Woman President of INC-Annie Besant

First Woman Judge of the Supreme Court-Meera Sahib Fatima Bibi

First Woman Ambassador at United Nations-Vijaylakshmi Pandit

First Woman to get the Noble Prize-Mother Teresa (1979)

First Woman to climb Mt. Everest-Bachendri pal

First Woman to become 'Miss World'-Miss Reita Faria

First Woman to become 'Miss Universe'-Sushmita Sen

First Indian Woman to get 'Bharat Ratna'-Smt. Indira Gandhi

First Indian Woman to win the Booker Prize Woman to win the Book Prize-Arundhati Roy 

First Woman Musician to get 'Bharat Ratna'-M.S. Subbulakshmi

First Woman to swim across English 

Channel-Arati Saha (Gupta)

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 in Asian Games-Kamaljeet Sandhu

First Indian Woman President of I.N.C.-Sarojini Naidu (1925)

First Indian Woman to go into Space-Kalpana Chawla