First in India (Female)

First Woman President - Pratiba Patil

First Woman Prime Minister - Indira Gandhi

First Woman Speaker of Lok Sabha - Meira Kumar (2009)

First Woman Governor - Sarojini Naidu

First Woman IPS Officer - Kiran Bedi

First Woman Chief Minister of State - Sucheta Kripalani

First Woman Judge of Supreme Court - Meera Sahib Fatima Bibi

First Woman to get Ashok Chakra - Neerja Bhanot

First Indian Woman Ambassador at UN - Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit

First Indian Woman to climb Mt Everest - Bachendri Pal

First Indian Woman to swim across English Channel - Arati Saha

First Indian Woman to go to space - Kalpana Chawla

First Indian Woman to get Bharat Ratna - Indira Gandhi

First Indian Woman to become Miss World - Miss Reita Faria