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 First Woman president of UN General Assembly First Woman Prime Minister of India First Woman IPS Officer of India First Woman to win Nobel Peace Prize First Indian Woman to climb Mount Everest First Indian Woman to win Booker Prize First Woman President First Woman Speaker of Lok Sabha First Indian Woman to become "Miss World" First Woman judge in Supreme Court First Woman Ambassador First Woman to climb Mount Everest twice First Woman President of the Indian National Congress First Woman Chief Minister of an Indian State First Woman chairman of Union Public Service Commission First Woman Director General of Police (DGP) First Woman Lieutenant General First Woman Air Vice Marshal Sarojini Naidu, in charge of United Provinces 1953 Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit 1966 Indira Gandhi 1972 Kiran Bedi 1979 Mother Teresa 1984 Bachendri Pal 1997 Arundhati Roy 2007 Pratibha Patil 2009 Meira Kumar Rita Faria Mrs. Meera Sahib Fatima Bibi Miss C.B. Muthamma Santosh Yadav Mrs. Annie Besant Mrs. Sucheta Kripalani Roze Millian Bethew Kanchan Chaudhary Bhattacharya Puneeta Arora 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 First Woman to cross English Channel First Woman to receive Bharat Ratna First Woman to receive Gyanpith Award First Woman Headmistress in school Niraja Bhanot Arati Saha Indira Gandhi Ashapurna Devi Savitribai Phule