| First Female
Bollywwood comedienne |
Uma Devi Khatri (Tun Tun) |
| First & oldest woman heart specialist |
Dr Sivaramakrishna Padmavati |
| First Actress in Indian cinema |
Smt. Devika Rani |
| First and only woman to participate in
three games (Cricket, Hockey and Basketball) |
Shirine Khusaro Kiyash |
| First Badaga woman to go abroad |
Indu K.Mallah |
| First competitive female body builder |
Ashwini Waskar |
| First Female Additional Solicitor General
of India |
Indira Jeising |
| First female advocate from India and the
First woman to study law at Oxford |
Cornelia Sorabji |
| First female aerobatics pilot |
Deepika Misra |
| First female amputee and First Indian
amputee to climb Mount Everest. |
Arunima Sinha |
| First female army captain |
Lakshmi Sehgal |
| First female blogger to feature on the
list of top 10 professional bloggers in India |
Shraddha Sharma |
| First Female Captain on Indian Navy |
Radhika Menon |
| First female celebrity wax statue in
Europeon Museum |
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan |
| First female commanding officer of Netaji
Subhas Bose’s Azad Hind Fauj (Indian National Army) |
Lakshmi Sahgal |
| First female cricketer to win Wisden
India Cricketers of the Year recognition |
Mithali Raj |
| First Female Crorepati at Kaun Banega
Crorepati |
Firoz Fatma |
| First female cyclist from the country to
reach the heights of fourth place in the UCI individual world ranking |
Deborah Herold |
| First female Deputy National Security
Adviser |
LEELA K. PONAPPA |
| First female editor on The Hindu
newspaper |
Malini Parthasarathy |
| First female film director of Indian
cinema |
Fatima Begum |
| First female fire fighter |
Harshini Kanhekar |
| First Female Flute Artiste to Perform
various types of Bamboo Flutes |
Jayaprada Ramamurthy |
| First female flying officer in the Indian
Air Force |
Anjali Gupta |
| First female graduates from India and the
entire British Empire. She was also the First South Asian female physician,
trained in western medicine, to graduate in South Asia |
Kadambini Ganguly |
| First Female Graphic Novelist |
Amruta Patil |
| First female Indian Administrative
Service officer of India |
Anna Rajam George (Malhotra) |
| First female Indian bouncer |
Amandeep Kaur |
| First female IPS officer to become the
Director General of Police |
Kanchan Chaudhary Bhattacharya |
| First female judge in India of district
court in the year 1937 and also the First woman in India to become a high
court judge in 1959 |
Anna Chandi |
| First female judge who was appointed to
the Supreme Court of India |
Justice M. Fathima Beevi |
| First female monorail driver |
Pooja Keni |
| First Female Music Technician in India |
Sajida Khan |
| First Female Muslim Pilot in India |
Saarah Hameed |
| First female officer to receive the Sena
Medal for gallantry |
Mitali Madhumita |
| First Female Olympian and Double
International |
Mary Dsouza |
| First female owner of a Harley Davidson |
Ambika Sharma |
| First Female Photojournalist of India |
Homai Vyarawalla |
| First Female Pilot from South India |
Usha Raghunathan |
| First Female Playback Singer of Indian
Cinema |
Rajkumari Dubey |
| First Female Railway Coolie at Jaipur |
Manju |
| First female speaker of India s
parliament |
Meira Kumar |
| First Female SuperStar of India Cinema |
Sridevi |
| First female taxi driver |
Selvi Gowda |
| First female teachers for girls in India |
Savitribai Phule |
| First female test expert on bbc radio |
Isa Guha |
| First female train driver for the Indian
Railways in India and in Asia also. |
Surekha Shankar Yadav |
| First female TV mogul |
Indrani Mukerjea |
| First female Uber cab driver in India |
Badass Bangalorean |
| First female ventriloquist (specialist in
dummy act) in India |
Indushree |
| First female winner at The Miss India
Pageant |
Gauhar Khan |
| First female winner of popular music
reality show Indian Idol |
Sourabhee Debbarma |
| First girl to win 5 silver medals in pre
junior Chess competition, London |
Taniya Sachdev |
| First Indian and Asian woman to swim
across English Channel. she became the First Indian female sportsperson to be
awarded Padma Shri in 1960. |
Arati Saha |
| First Indian female DJ is an ultimate
international female DJ |
DJ Megha Kawale |
| First Indian female pilot of the Indian
Airlines Captain in 1966. First woman ever to fly the Tornado A-200. |
Durga Banerjee |
| First Indian female sumo wrestler |
Hetal Dave |
| First Indian Female Train Loco pilot |
Samata Kumari |
| First Indian Female who received the
highest honour ‘Padma Shri’ |
Avasarala Kanyakumari |
| First Indian film actress acted in the
First Indian talkie movie Alam Ara |
Zubeida Begum Dhanrajgir |
| First Indian Origin woman to go into
space |
Kalpana Chawla |
| First Indian Pistol shooter to be Ranked
World No.1 by ISSF |
Heena Sidhu |
| First Indian President of the United
Nations General Assembly in 1953 and Ambassador at United Nations in 1947 |
Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit |
| First Indian to win a Bronze medal in
Badminton at the Olympics. |
Saina Nehwal |
| First Indian woman IPS officer and First
woman to get the Raman magsaysay prize for public service |
Kiran Bedi |
| First Indian Woman Minister of Indian
Railways |
Mamata Banerjee |
| First Indian woman mountaineer to
complete the Seven Summits |
Premlata Agrawal |
| First Indian woman pilot in world to fly
Airbus |
Capt. Durwa Banerjee |
| First Indian woman to be appointed a
judge in the New York City |
Raja Rajeswari |
| First Indian woman to become ‘Miss
Universe’ |
Sushmita Sen |
| First Indian woman to become ‘Miss World’ |
Miss Reita Faria |
| First Indian Woman to Climb the ‘Mt.
Everest’ twice |
Santosh Yadav |
| First Indian woman to climb the Mt.
Everest |
Bachendri Pal |
| First Indian woman to cross Gibraltar
Strait to swim. |
Aarti Pradhan |
| First Indian woman to fly an aircraft |
Sarla Thakral |
| First Indian woman to get a degree in
Western medicine |
Anandi Gopal Joshi |
| First Indian woman to get the Nobel Prize |
Mother Teresa |
| First Indian woman to graduate from the
Harvard Business School |
Naina Lal Kidwai |
| First Indian woman to join the Indian
Army |
Priya Jhingan |
| First Indian woman to pose naked for
Playboy magazine |
Sherlyn Chopra |
| First Indian woman to visit Antarctica. |
Aditi Pant |
| First Indian woman to win gold medal at
1970 Asian games in 400 metre race. |
Kamaljeet Sandhu |
| First Indian woman to win the Booker
Prize |
Arundhati Roy |
| First Indian woman to win WTA Title |
Sania Mirza |
| First Indian women chess player holding
the title of Woman International Master |
Bhagyashree Thipsay |
| First indian women commander in
Boeing-737 airplane. She also became the First Indian woman to command the
Airbus A320 in 1994. |
Captain Saudamini Deshmukh |
| First Indian Women To Play English
Football |
Aditi Chauhan |
| First Indian-American Priya Desai Serves
as a Trailblazer for Female Sports Broadcasters |
Priya Desai |
| First Lady Cadet to be conferred by the
Army with the coveted ‘Sword of Honour’. |
Divya Ajith |
| First Miss India, First dancer to go on a
national tour by the Asia Society |
Indrani Rehman |
| First native Indian saint by the Catholic
Church |
Sister Alphonsa |
| First officer to lead the Inter-Service
Guard of Honour |
Puja Thakur |
| First test tube baby |
Harsha |
| First to detect and document the evidence
of HIV infection in the country in 1986 |
Dr. Suniti Solomon |
| First woman Advocate |
Regina Guhaa |
| First woman Air Marshal of the Indian Air
Force. She is the second woman in the Indian armed forces to be promoted to a
three-star rank |
Dr Padmavathy Bandopadhyay |
| First woman Aircraft maintenance engineer
in Indian airlines |
Bhuwan Shree Gautam |
| First woman and the first author to write
a book on Autism in India |
Sumita Bose |
| First woman awarded by ‘Arjuna Prize’ for
Hockey game. |
N. Lamsaden |
| First woman Bank Manager (Syndicate bank,
Bangalore) |
Shanta Kumar |
| First woman Barrister in India of
Allahabad High Court |
Kornoliya Sorabaji |
| First woman became permanent Judge of the
High Court |
Meera Sahib Fatima Bibi |
| First woman boxer to win gold medal
at the Olympics and First woman World Boxing Champion for five times |
M C Mary Kom |
| First woman chair of State Bank of India
(206 Year Old Bank) |
Arundhati Bhattacharya |
| First woman Chairperson of Import-Export
Bank |
Tarajani Vakeel |
| First woman Chairperson of Indian Science
Congress |
Dr. Aashima Chatarjee |
| First woman Chairperson of National Woman
Commission |
Smt. Jayanti Patnayak |
| First woman chairperson of planning
commission and First Indian woman to get Bharat Ratna |
Smt. Indira Gandhi |
| First woman chairperson of the U.P.S.C. |
Rose Million Bethews |
| First woman Chief Engineer |
P.K. Tresiya Ganguly |
| First woman Circus player |
Abda Bai Payrulakar |
| First woman commercial pilot |
Prem Mathur |
| First Woman commissioned Officer in IAF |
Squadron Leader Urmila Bheeman |
| First woman commissioner of custom and
central excise |
Kaushalya Narayan |
| First woman cricket coach |
Sunita Sharma |
| First woman Deputy Chairperson of ‘Rajya
Sabha’ |
Violet Alva |
| First woman Deputy Chairperson of
legislative assembly |
Smt. Shanno Devi |
| First woman Director general of Indian
Medical Research Commission |
G. V. Satyavati |
| First Woman DTC Driver |
Vankadarath Saritha |
| First woman editor of First woman’s
magazine (Indian Ladies magazine, 1901) |
Kamla Swaminathan |
| First woman elected to the London School
Board for Tower Hamlets, topping the poll even though few women were
qualified to vote at that time. |
Annie Besant |
| First woman English writer in India |
Toaru Dutt |
| First woman Facebook’s employee in India
as Managing Director |
Kirthiga Reddy |
| First Woman Fighter Pilot of India!,
First civilian woman to fly the F-16IN Super-Viper, First woman in the world
to fly the MiG-35 |
Suman Sharma |
| First woman Finger print specialist |
Sita varathambal and bhragathambal (sisters) |
| First woman Graduate in Engineering |
Illa Mazumdar |
| First woman gymnast to qualify for
Olympics |
Dipa Karmakar |
| First woman head paramilitary force |
Archana Ramasundaram |
| First woman in the Indian Foreign Service
to hold Chief of Protocol to the Government of India |
Ruchira Kamboj |
| First woman IPS officer to head
paramilitary force |
Archana Ramasundram |
| First woman IPS officer to scale
Antarctica’s tallest peak |
Aparna Kumar |
| First woman jawan in Indian Army |
Sapper Shanti Tigga |
| First woman kabaddi coach to win
Dronacharya Award |
Sunil Dabas |
| First woman legislator in India
Muthulakshmi Reddy was appointed to the Madras Legislative Council in 1927. |
Dr. S. Muthulakshmi Reddy |
| First woman legislator in India
Muthulakshmi Reddy was appointed to the Madras Legislative Council in 1927. |
Muthulakshmi Reddi |
| First woman loco pilot of Delhi Metro
Train |
Shail Mishra |
| First woman M.M.B.S. (1889, Kolkata
Medical Collage) |
Vadhumukhi Bose, Virginiya Mitter |
| First woman M.P. in central
legislative (1938) |
Radhabai Subairan |
| First woman Major General in Indian Army |
G. M. Ram |
| First woman Managing Director and Chief
Executive Officer of India’s leading stock exchange National Stock Exchange |
Chitra Ramakrishna |
| First woman mayor |
Panchmarthi Anuradha |
| First woman mayor of Madras city. The
Government of India awarded her the civilian honour of the Padma Bhushan in
1967. |
Tara Cherian |
| First woman metro train driver |
Meenakshi Sharma |
| First woman minister of Independent India
and First Indian woman president of Indian National Congress |
Sarojini Naidu |
| First woman Musician to get ‘Bharat
Ratna’ and First woman to perform in United Nations Organization |
M.S. Subbulakshmi |
| First woman officer to die in line of
duty |
Lt. Kiran Shekhawat |
| First woman Paratrooper in Indian Air
force |
Neeta Ghosh |
| First woman pilot to fly solo in the
Indian Air Force. The flight was an Avro HS-748, when she was 22 years old. |
Harita Deol |
| First woman president of India |
Pratibha Patil |
| First woman president of India’s apex
chamber of commerce, ASSOCHAM |
Dr Swati Piramal |
| First woman professor (Avinashilingam
Home Science College,CBE) |
Mrs. Sundari |
| First woman ruler of Delhi in India |
Razia Sultan |
| First woman Secretary General of ‘Rajya
Sabha’ |
V. S. Ramadevi |
| First woman Spokesperson of the Ministry
of External Affairs |
NIRUPAMA RAO |
| First woman Surgeon |
Dr. Prema Mukharjee |
| First woman Team Principal in Formula One |
Monisha Kaltenborn |
| First woman to be conferred a Doctorate
of Science by an Indian University in 1944 |
Asima Chatterjee |
| First woman to complete the round of
world by a boat in 1988. |
Ujjavala Patil |
| First woman to cross Gobi desert |
Sucheta Kriplani |
| First woman to get ‘Shourya Chakra’
(after death) |
Galeriya Beri |
| First woman to get 100 wickets in
International woman cricket (1986) |
Diana Edulagee |
| First woman to get 100 wickets in
International woman cricket. |
Diana Edulagee |
| First woman to get Jnanpith Award |
Ashapurna Devi |
| First woman to get Military Medal |
Vimla Devi |
| First woman to head the Mumbai’s Crime
Branch Department |
Meera Borwankar |
| First woman to join the INDIAN FOREIGN
SERVICE in 1949, First Indian female Ambassador/ High Commissioner |
C. B. Muthamma |
| First woman to live most days on
Antarctica (472 days) |
Dr. Kawal Sandhu |
| First woman to make Hat trick in
International Football |
Yolanda Deesuza |
| First woman to make world record in Power
lifting |
Sumita Laha |
| First woman to participate in Olympic
Games |
Merry Lila Ro |
| First woman to reach Antarctica |
Mehar Musa |
| First woman to reach north pole |
Preeti Sen Gupta |
| First Woman to receive Ashoka Chakra |
Neerja Bhanot |
| First woman to ski to South Pole |
Reena Kaushal Dharmshaktu |
| First woman to win ‘Shahitya Academic
Prize |
Amruta Preetam |
| First woman to win ‘Shati Swaroop
Bhatnagar’ Prize |
Aashima Chatarjee |
| First woman to win bronze medal in Common
Wealth Games for badminton. |
Ami Ghiya-Kanwal Thakur Singh |
| First woman to win International Swimming
Marathon. |
Archana Bharat Kumar Patel |
| First woman to win Lenin Peace Prize |
Aruna Aasif Ali |
| First woman to win Norman Borlogue Prize
(1992) |
Dr. Amruta Patel |
| First woman Union Minister |
Amrut Kuar |
