List of First in India Woman – General Knowledge for Railway, Bank Exam and Other Competitive Exams.
First Woman to hold a Union Cabinet post -Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
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. Bandopadhyaya
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 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 seven continental peaks – Premlata Agrawal
First woman amputee to scale Everest -Arunima Sinha
First twins ever to conquer Mount Everest -Tashi and Nancy Malik
First woman to go int o space – Kalpana Chawla
5-time World Amateur Boxing Champion 2002,2005,2006,2008, 2010. First woman boxer qualified Summer Olympics – Mary Kom (2012)