General knowledge list of Indian female personalities known as First for their great achievements and unique things they did in their life.
The first women police station was inaugurated by Smt. Indira Gandhi on Oct. 23, 1973 at Kozhikode city of Kerala. It is also the first women police station in Asia. In recent, first Women Post office was inaugurated at Shastri Bhawan, New Delhi in India on March 11, 2013 and an all-female bank staff branch inaugurated Women’s only bank in Mumbai on Nov. 19, 2013.
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First in India (Female)
| India’s first woman president | Smt. Pratibha Patil |
| India’s first woman Prime Minister | Smt. Indira Gandhi |
| India’s first woman governor | Sarojini Naidu |
| India’s first woman ruler (On Delhi’s throne) | Razia Sultan(1236-1240) |
| India’s first woman I.P.S. Officer | Kiran Bedi |
| India’s first woman I.A.S. Officer | Anna Gorge (Malhotra) |
| First woman Chief Minister of a state | Sucheta Kripalani(U.P) |
| First woman Union Minister | Rajkumari Amrita Kaur |
| First woman president of INC | Annie Besant |
| First woman Judge of the Suprime Court | Meera Sahib Fatima Bibi |
| First woman to climb on Mount Everest twice in the youngest age | Dicky Dolma |
| First woman to climb on Mount Everest twice | Sontosh Yadav |
| First woman to get Ashok Chakra | Nirja Mishra(after death) |
| First woman to get the Raman magsaysay prize for public service | Kiran Bedi |
| First Indian woman Ambassador at United Nations | Vijayalakshmi Pandit |
| First woman Union Minister | Amrut Kuar(1947) |
| First woman Bank Manager (Syndicate bank, Bangalore) | Shanta Kumar (1962) |
| First woman News reader on ‘Door Darsan’ | Pratima Puri |
| First woman to perform in United Nations Organization | M.S. Subbulakshmi (1966) |
| First woman to win Gold in World Cup Shooting | Heena Didhu(2013) |
| First woman to participate in Olympic Games | Merry Lila Ro |
| First woman kabaddi coach to win Dronacharya Award | Sunil Dabas(2012) |
| First woman to win bronze medal in boxing in Olympic Games | M.C.Merry Kom(2012) |
| First woman to win bronze medal in badminton in Olympic Games | Saina Nehwal (2012) |
| First woman to win gold medal in Asian Games (race-400m) | Kamaljeet Sandhu (1970) |
| First woman World Boxing Champion for five times | M.C. Merry Kom |
| First woman to win International Grand Master prize in chess | Bhagyashree Thipse |
| First woman awarded by ‘Arjuna Prize’ | N. Lamsaden (Hockey, 1961) |
| First woman to make Hat trick in International Football | Yolanda Deesuza |
| First woman to get 100 wickets in International woman cricket | Diana Edulagee (1986) |
| First woman to make world record in Power lifting | Sumita Saha (1989) |
| First and only woman to participate in three games (Cricket, Hockey and Basketball) | Shirine Khusaro Kiyash |
| First woman to win bronze medal in Common Wealth Games | Ami Ghiya-Kanwal Thakur Singh, (Badminton, 1978) |
| First woman Chairperson of Indian Science Congress | Dr. Aashima Chatarjee |
| First woman Director General of Police | Kanchan Chaudhary Bhattacharya |
| First woman Finger print specialist | Sita varathambal and bhragathambal (sisters) |
| First woman commissioner of custom and central excise | Kaushalya Narayan(1970) |
| First woman editor of first woman’s magazine | Kamla Swaminathan (Indian Ladies magazine, 1901) |
| First woman chairperson of the U.P.S.C. | Rose Million Bethews |
| First woman Director general of Indian Medical Research Commission | G. V. Satyavati |
| First Indian woman to swim across the English Channel | Miss Arati Saha (now Mrs. Arati Gupta) |
| First woman to reach Antarctica as a member of Antarctica Campaign Team | Dr. Aditi Pant (1983) |
| First woman to live most days on Antarctica | Dr. Kawal Sandhu (472 days) |
| First woman to reach Antarctica | Mehar Musa (1977) |
| First woman to reach north pole | Preeti Sen Gupta (1993) |
| First woman to complete the round of world by a boat | Ujjavala Patil (1988) |
| First woman to win International Swimming Marathon | Archana Bharat Kumar Patel (1988) |
| First woman to cross Gibraltar Strait to swim | Aarti Pradhan (1988) |
| First woman pilot in world to fly Airbus | Capt. Durwa Banerjee |
| First woman to fly plane lonely of Indian air force | Harita Deol |
| First woman commander in Boeing-737 airplane | Capt. Saudamini Deshmukh |
| First woman Aircraft maintenance engineer in Indian airlines | Bhuwan Shree Gautam |
| First woman Paratrooper in Indian Air force | Neeta Ghosh (1959) |
| First woman Major General in Indian Army | G. M. Ram |
| First woman to get ‘Shourya Chakra’ | Galeriya Beri (after death) |
| First woman to get Military Medal | Vimla Devi (1988) |
| First woman pilot to fly the plane of Indian air force | Harita Deol |
| First woman M.P. in central legislative | Radhabai Subairan (1938) |
| First woman member in legislative assembly(Madras) | Dr. S. Muthulakshmi Reddy |
| First woman Deputy Chairperson of legislative assembly | Smt. Shanno Devi |
| First woman mayor of a city (Madras) | Tara Cherian (1957) |
| First woman mayor to be in a least age | Panchmarthi Anuradha (26) |
| First woman English writer in India | Toaru Dutt |
| First woman Surgeon | Dr. Prema Mukharjee |
| First woman Barrister (1923, Allahabad High Court) | Kornoliya Sorabaji |
| First woman Advocate | Regina Guhaa |
| First woman Ambassador | Vijay Laxmi Pandit(1947, Russia) |
| First woman to be Graduate (B.A.) | Kadambini Ganguly, Chandramukhi Basu (kolkata) |
| First woman M.M.B.S. (1889, Kolkata Medical Collage) | Vadhumukhi Bose, Virginiya Mitter |
| First woman Chief Engineer | P.K. Tresiya Ganguly |
| First woman rail engine driver | Surekha Shankar Yadav |
| First woman metro train driver | Meenakshi Sharma |
| First woman cricket coach | Sunita Sharma |
| First woman Circus player | Abda Bai Payrulakar |
| First woman awarded by ‘Arjuna Prize’ | N. Lamsaden (Hockey, 1961) |
| First woman to win Norman Borlogue Prize | Dr. Amruta Patel (1992) |
| First woman to win ‘Shahitya Academic Prize | Amruta Preetam (1956) |
| First woman to win Lenin Peace Prize | Aruna Aasif Ali |
| First woman to win ‘Shati Swaroop Bhatnagar’ Prize | Aashima Chatarjee |
| First woman Chairperson of National Woman Commission | Smt. Jayanti Patnayak (1992) |
| First woman Graduate in Engineering | Illa Mazumdar (1951, Shivpur) |
| First Indian woman to get the Nobel Prize | Mother Teresa (1979) |
| First Indian woman to climb the Mt. Everest | Bachendri Pal |
| First Indian woman to become ‘Miss World’ | Miss Reita Faria |
| First Indian woman to get Bharat Ratna | Smt. Indira Gandhi |
| First woman to get Jnanpith Award | Ashapurna Devi |
| First Indian woman to win WTA Title | Sania Mirza |
| First Indian woman Airline Pilot | Durga Banerjee |
| First Indian woman to win a Gold Medal in Asian Games | Kamaljeet Sandhu |
| First Indian woman president of Indian National Congress | Sarojini Naidu (1925) |
| First Indian woman to win the Booker Prize | Arundhati Roy |
| First female judge who was appointed to the Supreme Court of India | Justice M. Fathima Beevi |
| First woman chief justice in Mumbai High Court | Sujata V. Manohar |
| First woman Session Judge | Anna Chandi (Kerala) |
| First woman chairperson of planning commission | Smt. Indira Gandhi |
| First woman Employment office | Jaipur |
| First woman Chairperson of Import-Export Bank | Tarajani Vakeel |
| First Actress in Indian cinema | Smt. Devika Rani |
| First woman Deputy Chairperson of ‘Rajya Sabha’ | Violet Alva (1962) |
| First woman Secretary General of ‘Rajya Sabha’ | V. S. Ramadevi |
| First woman speaker of ‘Lok Sabha’ | Smt. Meera Kumar |
| First girl to win 5 silver medals in pre junior Chess competition, London | Taniya Sachdev |
| First woman Musician to get ‘Bharat Ratna’ | M.S. Subbulakshmi |
| First Indian woman to go into space | Kalpana Chawla |
| First Indian Woman to Climb the ‘Mt. Everest’ twice | Santosh Yadav |
| First Indian woman to become ‘Miss Universe’ | Sushmita Sen(1994) |
| First Indian Woman Minister of Indian Railways | Mamata Banerjee |
| First female amputee and first Indian amputee to climb Mount Everest. | Arunima Sinha |
| world’s first twins and the youngest Indians to enter the coveted ‘the seven summit club’ | Nungshi and Tashi |
| world’s first twins scaled Mt Vinson, the highest peak of Antarctica | Nungshi and Tashi (also known as India’s famous ‘Everest twins’) |
| India’s first woman head paramilitary force | Archana Ramasundaram |
| First Woman to receive Ashoka Chakra | Neerja Bhanot |
| India’s first female officer to receive the Sena Medal for gallantry | Mitali Madhumita |
| First Female Muslim Pilot in India | Saarah Hameed |
| First woman pilot to fly solo in the Indian Air Force | Harita Kaur Deol |
| First Indian woman to join the Indian Army | Priya Jhingan |
| First Indian Woman train driver of passenger train | Surekha Yadav |
| Formula One’s first female team principal | Monisha Kaltenborn (Indian-born) |
| India’s First Female Olympian and Double International | Mary Dsouza |
| India’s first female army captain | Lakshmi Sehgal |
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