Know about fact of first female in India who grab great achievement for their field.
| 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 |
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