List of First Women in India

Female Personality
YearRole
 Nirmala Sitharaman2019India's First full-time woman Finance Minister
 GS Lakshmi2019First ever woman to be appointed to the ICC International Panel of Match Referees
 Vrinda Rathi 2019First female national umpire to officiate in the T20 contest.
 Arohi Pandit2019First Indian woman to cross the Atlantic Ocean solo in a light sport aircraft
 Nirmala Sitharaman2019India's First woman Defence Minister
 Gagandeep Kang2019First Indian woman to be elected Royal Society Fellow
 Hina Jaiswal2019 First Indian Woman Flight Engineer.
 Divya Karnad2019First Indian woman to receive Future of Nature award for marine conservation.
 Harmanpreet Kaur2019 First women cricketer scored a century in T20 
 Captain Divya Ajith2019First female officer to lead a contingent on the Army Day parade
 Lieutenant Bhavana Kasturi 2019First female to lead the Indian Army's Service Corps (ASC) contingent, comprising 144 male personnel
Captain Shikha Surabhi2019 First female to lead the Army's Daredevils Motorcycle Display team for the first time, comprising 33 men
Aditi Ashok2019 First Indian female golfer to win the Ladies European Tour 
Diksha Dagar2019Youngest Indian woman to win on the Ladies European Tour (LET).
Arunima Sinha2019First female amputee to climb Mount Vinson, the highest peak of Antarctica.
Hima Das2018First Indian woman athlete to win a gold at the world level in the women’s 400m final race in the IAAF World Under-20 Athletics Championships 
Rahi Sarnobat2018First Indian woman to win a shooting gold in the Asian Games 
Savitribai Phule1848 Savitribai Phule became the first woman teacher in India.
Annie Besant1917First female president of the Indian National Congress.
Pandita Ramabai1919First Indian woman to be awarded the Kaiser-i-Hind Medal by the British Raj.
Sarojini Naidu1925First Indian born female president of the Indian National Congress.
Sarla Thakral1936the first Indian woman to fly an aircraft
Asima Chatterjee1944First Indian woman to be conferred the Doctorate of Science by an Indian university.
Amrit Kaur1947First female Cabinet minister of India in the country's first cabinet.
Anandibai Gopalrao Joshi1887the first Indian female physician
Shila Dawre1988country's first woman autorickshaw driver when she first stepped into the 'male-dominated' zone
Reita Faria Powel1966Reita Faria Powel is an Indian model, doctor and beauty queen, who won Miss World also the first Asian woman to win the title
Arati Saha1959the first Indian and Asian woman to swim across English Channel. She also became the first female sportsperson to be awarded Padma Shri in 1960.
Mother Teresa1979the first Indian woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize
Indira Gandhi1966the first woman Prime Minister of India and served from 1966 to 1977. In 1971, she became the first woman to receive the Bharat Ratna award.
Pratibha Patil2007-2012the first woman President of India and held office from July 2007 to July 2012.
Kalpana Chawla1997the first Indian woman who reached in space. As a mission specialist and a primary robotic arm operator, she went into space in 1997.
Kiran Bedi1972Kiran Bedi became the first woman officer in India. Moreover, later in 2003, Kiran Bedi also became the first woman who was appointed as the United Nations Civil Police adviser.
Anjali Gupt2001Anjali Gupta is the first female flying officer in the Indian Air Force to be court-martialled
Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit1953the first woman (and first Indian) president of the United Nations General Assembly
Anna Chandy1959the first Indian woman judge of a High Court (Kerala High Court)
Sucheta Kriplani1963the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, the first woman to hold that position in any Indian state
Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay1966Ramon Magsaysay award for community leadership
Kamaljit Sandhu1970the first Indian woman to win a Gold in the Asian Games
Bachendri Pal1984Bachendri Pal became the first Indian woman to climb Mount Everest.
Surekha Yadav1986the first Asian woman loco-pilot or railway driver.
Justice M. Fathima Beevi1989the first woman judge of the Supreme Court of India
Priya Jhingan1992the first lady cadet to join the Indian Army (later commissioned on 6 March 1993
Meira Kumar4 June 2009the first female Speaker of Lok Sabha.
Priyanka N.20 October 2011drove the inaugural train of the Namma Metro becoming the first female Indian metro pilot.
Mitali Madhumita2011the first woman officer to win a Sena Medal for gallantry.
Tanushree Pareek25 March 2017the first female combat officer commissioned by the Border Security Force
Sania Mirza2005the first ever Indian woman to win the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) title in 2005.
Saina Nehwal 2012-2015Saina Nehwal becamethe first Indian women to win a medal in Badminton at 2012 Olympic Games. Later in 2015, she became the first Indian woman to secure no. 1 position in world rankings.
Mary Kom
2002,2005,2006,2008
2010
5-time World Amateur Boxing Champion. she is the only Indian woman boxer to have qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics
Deepa Malik2016First medal and that’s Silver won by her in Paralympics games in Summer Paralympics 2016.
Sushmita Sen1994The First Miss Universe
Tashi and Nancy Malik2013First twins ever to conquer Mount Everest together
Dr. Neeru Chadha2017First Indian Woman to be Elected as Judge of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS)
Premlata Aggarwal2008-2013First Indian Woman Mountaineer to Scale the Seven Continental Peaks
Nita Ambani2016First Indian Woman Who Become an Individual Member of International Olympic Committee
Mahel Musa1977First Indian Woman Who Reached Antarctica
Ashapurna Devi1976First Woman to Receive jnanpith Award
Neerja Bhanot1987First Woman to Receive Ashoka Chakra
Razia Sultan1236 to 1240First & Last Muslim Woman Ruler of Delhi
Sushma Chawla2005First Woman chairperson of Indian Airlines
P. Bandopadhyaya1978First Woman Air Vice Marshal
Puneeta Arora2005First Woman Lieutenant General
Miss C.B. Muthumma1970The first woman Ambassador
Santosh Yadav1993First woman to climb Mount Everest twice
Mrs. Leela Seth1991First woman chief justice of a high Court
Harita Kaur Deol1994First woman Pilot in Indian Air Force
Roze Millian Bethew-First woman chairman of Union Public Service Commission
Kanchan Chaudhary Bhattacharya-First woman Director General of Police (DGP)

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