NATIONAL FIRST WOMEN

First Indian Female to receive Lenin Peace Award

Aruna Asif Ali

First female Vice - Chairperson of Rajyasabha

Violet Alva in 1962

First female sessions judge in India

Anna Chandi

First female President of Students Union of Delhi University

Anju Sachdeva

First Indian female to receive Norman Borlaug Award

Dr. Amrita Patel

First Indian Female to get International Grandmaster Award in Chess

Bhagyasri Thipse

First Indian female IAS officer

Anna George

First Indian female to reach in Olympic Games

Sini Abraham

First female President of India

Prathiba Devisingh Patil

First female Governor of a Province in free India

Mrs. Sarojini Naidu

First female Prime Minister of India

Mrs. Indira Gandhi

First Indian female to swim across English Channel

Mrs. Aarti Saha

First Indian female to swim across Strait of Gibraltar

Aarti Pradhan

First Muslim female to sit on throne of Delhi

Razia Sultan

First female President of Indian National Congress

Annie Besant

The first female Chief Minister of an Indian State

Mrs. Sucheta Kripalanai (UP)

First female central minister of India

Rajkumari Amrit Kaur

First Indian female to climb Mount Everest

Bachhendri Pal

First female airline pilot

Cap. Durba Bannerjee

First female ambassador

Mrs. Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit

First female Judge of Supreme Court

Meera Sahib Fatima Biwi

First female to climb Mt. Everest twice

Santhosh Yadav

First female pilot in Indian Air Force

Haritakaur Dayal

First female Air Vice Marshal

P. Bandhopadhyaya

First female Lieutenant General

Puneeta Arora

First female Chairman of UPSC

Rose Millian Mathew

First female Chairperson of Indian airlines

Sushma Chawla

First female to receive Jnanpeeth award

Asha Purna Devi

First female to receive Bharat Ratna Award

Mrs. Indira Gandhi

First Indian female to receive Nobel Prize

Mother Teresa

First female to receive Ashok Chakra

Niraja Bhanot

First female IPS Officer

Mrs. Kiran Bedi

First female Doordarshan news Reader

Pratima Puri

First Indian female to go in Space

Kalpana Chawla

First actress in Indian Cinema

Devika Rani

First Indian female to become Miss World

Reita Faria

First female Speaker of the State assembly

Mrs. Shano Devi

First Indian female to receive an Asiad Gold Medal

Kamalajit Sandhu

First Indian test tube baby

Harsha (1986)

First female Chairperson of National Female Commission

Mrs. Jayanti Patnaik

First female Chairperson of Exim bank

Tarzani Vakil

First female to get Arjuna Award

Lumsden

First female to win Miss Universe title

Sushmita Sen

First Indian female President of UNO General Assembly

Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit