1. First women Prime Minister – (Mrs Indira Gandhi)
2. First woman Chief Minister of a state – (Mrs Sucheta Kriplani)
3. First woman Minister – (Mrs Vijayalakshmi Pandit)
4. First woman Central Minister – (Rajkumari Amrit Kaur)
5. First woman Speaker of Lok Sabha – (Mrs Meira Kumar)
6. First woman Governor of a state – (Mrs Sarojini Naidu)
7. First Indian Woman President of India National Congress – (Sarojini Naidu)
8. First woman President of UN General Assembly – (Mrs Vijayalakshmi Pandit)
9. First Muslim Woman to Sit on the throne of Delhi – (Razia Sultana)
10. First woman to Swim Across the English Channel – Miss Arti Saha (now Mrs Arti Gupta)
11. First woman to Climb Mount Everest – (Bachhendri Pal)
12. First woman to Circumnavigate (sail around the world) – (Ujwala Rai)
13. First woman IAS Officer – (Anna George Malhotra)
14. First Woman IPS Officer – (Kiran Bedi)
15. First Woman Advocate – (Cornelia Sorabji)
16. First woman Judge – (Anna Chandi)
17. First Woman Judge of a High Court – (Anna Chandi)
18. First Woman Judge of Supreme Court – (M. Fathima Bibi)
19. First Woman Chief Justice of a High Court – (Leila Seth)
20. First Woman Doctor – (Muthulakshmi Reddy)
21. First Woman to pass MA – (ChandraMukhi Bose)
22. First Woman Editor of English newspaper – (Dina Vakil)
23. First Woman Chief Engineer – (P.K. Theresia)
24. First Woman to Receive a Sena Medal – Constable Bimla Devi (88 BN of CRPF) – 1990
25. Youngest Woman to Climb Mount Everest – Dicky Dolma (19) from Manali – 1993
26. First Woman to Climb Mount Everest Two times – Santosh Yadav (ITBP Officer) – 1993
27. First Lady Magistrate – (Omana Kunjamma)
28. First Woman to Win Nobel Prize – (Mother Teresa)
29. First to be Crowned Miss India – Paramita (Ester Victoria Abraham) – 1947
30. First to be Crowned Miss Universe – (Sushmita sen)
31. First to be Crowned Miss World – Reita Faria (1966)
32. First Woman President – (Pratibha Devi Singh Patil)
