First woman to do something special in Indiaभारत की पहली महिलाए जिन्हो ने कुछ ख़ास किया

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
1953, Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit

First Woman Prime Minister of India
1966, Indira Gandhi

First Woman IPS Officer of India
1972 Kiran Bedi

First Woman to win Nobel Peace Prize
1979 Mother Teresa

First Indian Woman to climb Mount Everest
1984, Bachendri Pal

First Indian Woman to win Booker Prize
1997 Arundhati Roy

First Woman President
2007 Pratibha Patil

First Woman Speaker of Lok Sabha
2009 Meira Kumar

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 as well Last Muslim Woman ruler of Delhi
Razia Sultan

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 Women's University
Maharshi Karve starts SNDT University in Pune with five students in 1916.