First in India - Women

First Women's University	Maharshi Karve starts SNDT University in Pune with five students in 1916.
First Woman to hold a Union Cabinet post	Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
First Woman governor of Independent India	Sarojini Naidu, in charge of United Provinces
First Woman president of UN General Assembly	1953 Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
First Woman Prime Minister of India	1966 Indira Gandhi
First Woman IPS Officer of India	1972 Kiran Bedi
First Woman to win Nobel Peace Prize	1979 Mother Teresa
First Indian Woman to climb Mount Everest	1984 Bachendri Pal
First Indian Woman to win Booker Prize	1997 Arundhati Roy
First Woman President	2007 Pratibha Patil
First Woman Speaker of Lok Sabha	2009 Meira Kumar
First Indian Woman to become "Miss World"	Rita Faria
First Woman judge in Supreme Court	Mrs. Meera Sahib Fatima Bibi
First Woman Ambassador	Miss C.B. Muthamma
First Woman to climb Mount Everest twice	Santosh Yadav
First Woman President of the Indian National Congress	Mrs. Annie Besant
First Woman Chief Minister of an Indian State	Mrs. Sucheta Kripalani
First Woman chairman of Union Public Service Commission	Roze Millian Bethew
First Woman Director General of Police (DGP)	Kanchan Chaudhary Bhattacharya
First Woman Lieutenant General	Puneeta Arora
First Woman Air Vice Marshal	P. Bandopadhyaya
First Woman chairperson of Indian Airlines	Sushama Chawala
First &Last Muslim Woman ruler of Delhi	Razia Sultan
First Woman to receive Ashoka Chakra	Niraja Bhanot
First Woman to cross English Channel	Arati Saha
First Woman to receive Bharat Ratna	Indira Gandhi
First Woman to receive Gyanpith Award	Ashapurna Devi
First Woman Headmistress in school	Savitribai Phule
First Indian woman who reached Antarctica	Mahel Musa