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First woman in INDIA

● Prime-Minister—Indira Gandhi
● Woman (India and World) who crossed English Channel through Swimming—Arti Shah
● Governor—Sarojini Naidu (U. P.)
● I. P. S.—Kiran Bedi
● President of National Congress—Anne Besant
● Chairman of the Union Public Service Commission—Rose-William Baithu
● Winner of Nobel Prize—Mother Teresa (for peace)
● Awardee of Miss World—Reeta Farhia
● Awardee of Miss Universe—Sushmita Sen
● Mayer—Tara Charian (Madras-1957)
● Minister in Central Cabinet—Rajkumari Amrit Kaur
● Chief Minister—Sucheta Kriplani
● Parliamentrian—Radhabai Subbarayan (1938)
● Judge of Supreme Court—Justice Meera Sahaib Fatima Bibi
● Chief Justice of High Court—Justice Leela Seth (Himachal Pradesh)
● Session Judge of the Counting—Anna Chandi (Kerala)
● Mountaineer who climbed (Conquered) the Mt. Everest—Bacchendri Pal
● Awardee of Norman Barlog Prize—Dr. Amrita Patil
● Literature who was awarded the Sahitya Akademi award—Amrita Pritam (1956)
● Honoured with ‘Bharat Ratna’—Indira Gandhi
● Awardee of Lenin peace award—Aruna Asaf Ali
● Awardee of Jananpith Purshkar—Asha Purna Devi (1976)
● Woman who reached ‘Antarctica’—Mahel Musa (1977)
● Woman who reached the North Pole—Pritisu Gupta (1993)
● Woman who travelled All round the world—Ujjawala Patil (1988) by Boat
● Chief Engineer—P. K. Tresia Naguli
● Pilot—Flying Officer Sushma Mukhopaddhyaya
● Air Lines Pilot—Capt. Durga Banerjee
● Commander of Boeing 737 Plane—Capt. Saudamini Deshmukh
● Paratrooper of Indian Air Force—Geeta Ghosh
● I. A. S.—Auna George Malhotra
● First television news broadcaster—Pratima Puri
● Participated in mustic programme of U.N.O.—M. S. Subbuluxmi (1966)
● Woman participated in Olympic games—Meri Lila Row (1952)
● Woman who won the medal in Olympic games—Malleshwari (weight lifting—Sydney)
● Woman who won the Gold Medal in Asian games—Kamaljeet Sidhu (1970, 400 metre)
● Woman who won the medal in Commonwealth games—Anil Ghiya and Kawal Thakur Singh (woman Doubles Badminton, 1978)
● Medal winner in International Athletic Championship—Anju B. George (2003 Paris)
● Grandmaster winner in Chess—Bhagiya Sri Thispey (1988)
● One hundred wicket taker in International Cricket—Indulgi (1986)
● Awardee of Arjun Purskar—N. Lamsden (Hockey, 1961)
● Woman who made hat-trick in football—Youlandade-Suza (1978)
● Awardee of Ashok Chakra—Neerja Bhanot (Posthumously)
● Awardee of Sena Medal—Vimla Devi (1988)
● Degree of graduation—Kadambni Ganguly (Bose) and Chandramukhi Bose (Kolkata University, 1883)
● Awardee of B. E. degree—Ella-Majumdar (1951)
● M.B.B.S. Degree awardee—Vidhumuti Bose and Virginia Mitter (Kolkata Medical College)
● First Surgeon—Dr. Prema Mukherjee
● Deputy Governor of Reserve Bank—K. J. Udesi (2003)
● Chairman of NABARD—Ranjana Kumar
● D. I. G. (Police)—Kanchan Chaudhry Bhattacharya
● Lieutenant General—Punita Arora
● Chairman of Indian Air lines—Shushma Chawla
● Barrister—Cornonia Sorabji (Allahabad High Court-1923)
● Advocate—Regina Guha
● Ambassador—Vijayalaxmi Pandit (U.S.S.R.-1947)
● Woman who crossed over Gibralter Strait by Swimming—Arati Pradhan
● World Record in Powerlifting—Sumita Laha (1989)
● Represented the nation in all three games (Cricket, Hockey and Basketball)—Shrin Khushro Kiyasa
● First Commercial test Pilot of the world—Capt. Surun Darsi and Capt. Rose Lopar
● Pilot of Indian Air Force—Harita Daoel
● Twice scaled the Mt. Everest—Santosh Yadav
● Ramon Magsaysay Prize awardee—Kiran Bedi
● Heroin awarded Dada Sahaib Phalke Prize—Devika Rani Rorik
● Youngest woman who scaled the Mt. Everest twice—Decky Dolma
● Scientist who was awarded Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar award—Ashima Chatterjee
● Foreign Secretary—Chokila Ayyar
● First Chief Secretary of the Country—Nirmla Buch
● First Space traveller—Kalpana Chawla
● Joint Director of C.B.I.—Archana Sunder Lingam
● Winner of Murti Devi Prize—Pratibha Rai
● Woman Contested the Presidential election—Capt. Laxmi Sahgal
● Air Vice-Marshal and Air-Marshal in Indian Air Force—P. Bondyopaddhyay
● Non-military Police Advisor in U.N.O.—Kiran Bedi
● Revenue Secretary—Vinita Rai
● Referee in Boxing—Rajia Sabnam
● First woman of Indian origin who stayed for the longest time in space—Sunita William