FIRST IN INDIA (Woman)

1	First Woman President of India	Pratibha Devisingh Patil
2	First Woman Governor of State in India	Mrs. Sarojini Naidu
3	First Woman Prime Minister of India	Mrs. Indira Gandhi
4	First Woman President of Indian National Congress	Annie Besant
5	First Woman Chief Minister Of An Indian State	Mrs. Sucheta Kriplani            ( Uttar Pradesh)
6	First Woman Central Minister Of India	Rajkumari Amrit Kaur
7	First Indian Woman To Climb The Mount Everest	Bachhendri Pal
8	First Woman Ambassador	Mrs. Vijay Lakshmi Pandit
9	First Woman To Climb Mount Everest Twice	Santosh Yadav
10	First Woman Judge Of Supreme Court	Meera Sahib Fatima Biwi
11	First Woman Chief Justice Of High Court	Mrs. Leela Seth
12	First Woman To Receive Bharat Ratna	Mrs. Indira Gandhi
13	First Indian Woman To Receive Nobel Prize	Mother Teresa
14	First Woman IPS Officer	Mrs. Kiran Bedi
15	First Indian Woman to Go In Space	Kalpana Chawla
16	First Indian Woman IAS Officer	Anna George
17	First Muslim Woman to Sit On Throne of Delhi	Razia Sultan
18	First Woman To Receive Jnanpeeth Award	Asha Purna Devi
19	First Actress in the Indian Cinema	Devika Rani
20	First Indian Woman to Become Miss World	Reita Faria
21	First Woman to Win Miss Universe Title	Sushmita Sen
22	First Indian Woman to Get Magsaysay Award	Kiran Bedi
23	First Woman Secretary General of Rajya Sabha	V. S. Rama Devi
24	First Deputy Governor of Reserve Bank Of India	K. J. Udesi
25	First Indian Woman President of UNO General Assembly	Vijay Lakshmi Pandit
26	First Indian Woman Barrister	Cornotia Sorabji
27	First Woman Session Judge in India	Anna Chandi
28	First Woman Vice-Chairperson of Rajyasabha	Violet Alva in 1962
29	First Indian Woman to Swim Across English Channel	Mrs. Aarti Saha
30	First Indian Woman to Swim Across Strait Of Gibraltar	Aarti Pradhan
31	First Woman Air vice Marshal	P. Bandhopadhyaya
32	First Woman Lieutenant General	Puneeta Arora
33	First Woman Chairman of UPSC	Rose Millian Mathew
34	First Woman to Receive Ashok Chakra	Niraja Bhanot
35	First Woman Speaker of the State Assembly	Mrs. Shano Devi
36	First Woman Chairperson of National Woman Commission	Mrs. Jayanti Patnayak
37	First Woman to Win WTA Tennis Tournament	Sania Mirza
38	First Woman Sahitya Award Winner	Amrita Pritam
39	First Woman Foreign Minister	Lakshmi N Menon
40	First Indian Woman at Antarctica	Meher Moos in 1976
41	First Woman to Get Arjun Award	N. Lumsden (1961)