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| First Indian Woman Doctor | Anandi Gopal Joshi | 1886 | Pune, British India |
| First Women's University |
Maharshi Karve starts SNDT University
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1916. (Pune) |
Maharashtra |
| First Woman President of INC | Annie Besant | 1917 | London, UK |
| First Indian Woman President of INC | Sarojini Naidu | 1925 | Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh (Now Telangana) |
| First Indian Woman Airline Pilot | Sarla Thakral | 1936 | New Delhi |
| India’s First Woman Governor (Uttar Pradesh) | Sarojini Naidu | 1947 - 1949 | Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh (Now Telangana) |
| First Indian Woman Ambassador at UN | Vijalakshmi Pandit | 1947 - 1949 | Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh |
| First Woman Union Minister (Minister of Health) | Rajkumari Amrita Kaur | 1947 - 1957 | Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh |
| First Indian Woman to swim across English Channel | Arati Saha | 1959 | Kolkata, West Bengal |
| First Indian woman to get Arjuna Award | Stephie D'Souza | 1963 | Goa |
| First Woman Chief Minister of State (Uttar Pradesh) | Sucheta Kripalani | 1963 - 1967 | Ambala, Punjab (Now in Haryana) |
| India’s First Woman Prime Minister | Indira Gandhi | 1966-1977 | Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh |
| First Indian Woman to become Miss World | Miss Reita Faria | 1966 | British Bombay (Now Mumbai) |
| First Indian Woman to win Gold in Asian Games |
Kamaljeet Sandhu | 1970 | Punjab |
| First Indian Woman to get Bharat Ratna | Indira Gandhi | 1971 | Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh |
| First Indian Woman to get Jnanpith Award | Ashapoorna Devi | 1976 | Culcutta (Now Kolkata, West Bengal) |
| First Indian Woman to get Nobel Prize | Mother Terasa | 1979 | West Germany (Now Macedonia) |
| First Indian Women to win Oscar Award | Bhanu Athaiya | 1983 | Kolhapur, British India (Now Maharashtra) |
| First Indian Woman to climb Mt Everest | Bachendri Pal | 1984 | Uttrakashi (Now Uttarakand) |
| First Woman to get Ashok Chakra | Nirja Bhanot | 1987 | Chandigarh, Punjab |
| First Woman Judge of Supreme Court | Meera Sahib Fatima Bibi | 1989 | Pathanamthitta, Kerala |
| First Indian Woman to become Miss Universe | Susmita Sen | 1994 | Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh (Now Telangana) |
| First Indian Woman to Booker Prize | Arundhati Roy | 1997 | Shillong, Assam (Present Meghalaya) |
| First Indian Woman to go to space | Kalpana Chawla | 1997 | Karnal, Punjab (Now Haryana) |
| First Woman Musician to get Bharat Ratna | MS Subbalakshmi | 1998 | Madurai, Tamilnadu |
| First Indian Woman to win Medal in Olymbic | Karnam Malleswari | 2000 | Andhra Pradesh |
| First Indian Woman to win WTA Title | Sania Mirza | 2004 | Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh (Now Telangana) |
| First Woman Speaker of Lok Sabha | Meira Kumar | 2009 | |
| India’s First Woman IPS Officer | Kiran Bedi | 1975 (In Delhi) | Amritsar, Punjab. |
| First Indian Woman to climb Mt Everest twice | Santhosh Yadhav | 1992, 1993 | Haryana |
| India’s First Woman President | Pratiba Patil | 2007 - 2012 | Maharashtra |
| First Woman Union Foreign Minister |
Sushma Swaraj
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2014 |
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| First transgender woman to be a police officer in India (Dharmapuri) | K Prithika Yashini | 2017 (Dharmapuri) | Tamilnadu |
| First Woman Ambassador | C. B. Muthamma | ||
| First Woman Lieutenant General | Puneeta Arora | ||
| First Woman Air Vice Marshal | P. Bandopadhyay | ||
| First Woman Headmistress in school | Savitribai Phule | ||
First Woman to hold a Union Cabinet post Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit (Pre-Independence)
First Woman youngest minister of a state Sushma Swaraj (She became the cabinet minister of Haryana when she was only 25 yrs old)
First Woman chairman of Union Public Service Commission Roze Millian Bethew
First Woman Director General of Police (DGP) Kanchan Chaudhary Bhattacharya
First Woman chairperson of Indian Airlines Sushama Chawala
First & Last Muslim Woman ruler of Delhi Razia Sultana
First Woman to receive Gyanpith Award Ashapurna Devi
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 Indian woman scientist selected as fellow in London's Royal Society Gagandeep Kang
First women defense Minister of India (full time) Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman
First woman Finance Minister of India Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman
First woman Chief Minister of Delhi Smt. Sushma Swaraj
First Visually Impaired Women IAS Officer Pranjal Patil
First woman DIG in Indian Coast Guard Nupur Kulshrestha
First woman Chief Election Commissioner of India Smt V. S. Rama Devi(26 November 1990-11 December 1990)
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