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List of First Indian Woman in Various Field – India

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List of First Indian Woman in Various Field – India

S.N.	Name of First Female in India	Achivements/Designation
1	India’s First Woman President	Pratiba Patil
2	India’s First Woman Prime Minister	Indira Gandhi
3	India’s First Woman IPS Officer	Kiran Bedi
4	First Woman Chief Minister of State	Sucheta Kripalani
5	First Indian Woman to climb Mt Everest	Bachendri Pal
6	First Indian Woman to climb Mt Everest twice	Santhosh Yadhav
7	First Indian Woman to become Miss World	Miss Reita Faria
8	First Indian Woman to become Miss Universe	Susmita Sen
9	First Indian Woman to get Bharat Ratna	Indira Gandhi
10	The First Woman Awarded The Nobel Prize	Mother Teresa (Peace)
11	First Indian Woman to get Jnanpith Award	Ashapurna Devi
12	Planning Commission’s First Female President	Indira Gandhi
13	The First Woman Ambassador	Vijayalakshmi Pandit
14	Norman Borlaug Award First Lady	DR. Amrita Patel
15	Sahitya Akademi Award First Lady	Amrita Pritam
16	First Lady Library Building Awards	Ashapurna Devi
17	First Lady Embellished The Lenin Peace Prize	Aruna Asaf Ali
18	The First Woman To Reach Antarctica	Mehar Musa
19	The First Woman To Reach The North Pole	Preeti Sengupta (1993)
20	The First Woman To Orbit The World By Yacht	Ujjwala Patil (1988)
21	First Lady Awarded Ashok Chakra	Neerja Mishra
22	India’s First Television News Reader	Pratima Puri
23	India First I.A.S. Female	Anna George
24	Everest, The World’s Youngest Child	Dinky Dolma
25	Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award First Lady	Dr. Ashima Chatterjee
26	Ramon Magsaysay Award For Public Service From The Ornate First Lady	Kiran Bedi
27	The First President Of The National Women’s Commission	Jayanti Patnaik
28	India’s First Test-Tube Baby	Harsha
29	The First Woman Judge In The Supreme Court	Meera Sahib Bibi Fatima
30	First Woman Chief Justice	Leila Seth (HP, 1991)
31	First Lady Advocate	Camilla Sorabjee
32	First Lady Of The United Nations General Assembly President	Vijayalakshmi Pandit (1953)
33	First Woman Speaker Of The Legislative Assembly	Mrs. Shanno Devi
34	First Female Speaker	Meera Kumar
35	India’s First Woman visited Abroad	Anandibai Gopalrao Joshi
36	India’s First Woman Mayor	Tara Cherian
37	India’s First Woman Chief Engineer	PK Tresia Nanguli
38	India’s First Woman Pilot	Sushma Mukhopadhyay
39	India’s First Female Bronze Medalist Sydney 2000 Olympics	Karnam Malleswari
40	India’s First Woman Air Lines Pilot	Captain Durga Banerjee
41	Boeing 737’s First Woman Commander	Captain Saudamini Deshmukh
42	IAF’s First Woman Parashutr	Geeta Ghosh
43	The First Indian Woman Athlete To Participate In The Olympic Games	Cry My Leela (1952)
44	Indian Woman To Win A Medal In The Olympic Games	Karnam Malleswari (weightlifting, Sydney)
45	The First Indian Woman To Win A Gold In The Asian Games	Kamaljit Sandhu (1970, 400m)
46	The First Indian Woman To Win A Medal At The Commonwealth Games	Ami Ghia and Kanwal Thakur Singh
47	The First Indian Woman To Win A Medal In International Athletics Championship	Barbie Anju George
48	Chess Grand Master’s Title In The First Indian Woman	Bhagyashree Thipsay (1988)
49	The First Indian Woman To Get 100 Wickets In International Cricket	Neetu David
50	The First Indian Woman To Achieve Military Medal	Vimala Devi (1988)
51	The First Indian Woman To A Hat-Trick In International Football	Yolanda D’Souza (1978)
52	The First Indian Woman Graduating	Kadambini Ganguly (Bose) and Chandramukhi Bose (Calcutta University, 1883)
53	Graduating In Engineering The First Indian Woman	Kadambini Ganguly
54	The First Woman Graduated In Medicine	Vidhumuki Bose and Virjinia Mitr (Calcutta Medical College)
55	Reserve Bank Deputy Governor, First Lady	KJ Udeshi (2003)
56	Surgeons First Indian Woman	DR. Prema Mukherjee
57	The First Woman Police Chief	Kanchan Choudhary Bhattacharya
58	NABARD’s First Female President	Ranjana Kumar
59	Indian Airlines First Female President	Sushma Chawla
60	The First Woman Barrister	Kornonia Sorabjee (Allahabad High Court, 1923)
61	Power Lifting World Record In The First Indian Woman	Sumita Laha (1989)
62	The First Indian Woman To Swim The Strait Of Gibraltar	Arti Pradhan
63	Three Sports (Cricket, Hockey And Balibol) To Represent The Country In The First Indian Woman	Shirin Khusrau
64	The First Indian Woman Pilot In The Indian Air Force Aircraft	Harita Deol
65	The First Indian Actress To Receive Dadasaheb Phalke Award	Devika Rani Roerich
66	Bhatnagar Award Shantiswrup First Woman Scientist	Ashima Chatterjee
67	First Woman Foreign Secretary	Chokila Iyer
68	India’s First Woman Chief Secretary	Nirmala Buch
69	The First Indian Woman To Receive The Award Goddess Statue	Pratibha Roy
70	The First Indian Woman To Run For President	Sehgal
71	UN Civilian Police Adviser First Lady	Kiran Bedi
72	The First Woman To Sit On The Throne Of Delhi Sultanate	Razia Sultan
73	India’s First Woman Doctor	Kadambini Ganguly
74	First Lady Revenue Secretary	Vinita Rai
75	First Lady Of Boxing Referee	Razia Shabnam
76	Most Time Spent In Space, The First Indian-Born Woman	Sunita Williams
77	India’s First Woman Legislator	. Dr SK. Mudhulkshmi Reddy
78	The First Woman House Speaker	Snnodevi
79	The First Woman Officer In The Merchant Navy	Sonali Banerjee
80	The First Professional Woman Pilot	Prema Mathur
81	The Indian Women’s Cricket Test Double Century	Mitali Raj
82	The Indian Women’s Cricket To Take 100 Wickets In International Women	Diana Adulji
83	First woman chairperson of the U.P.S.C.	Rose Million Bethews
84	First Indian Woman Minister of Indian Railways	Mamata Banerjee
85	First Female Muslim Pilot in India	Saarah Hameed
86	First woman in the Indian Foreign Service to hold Chief of Protocol to the Government of India	Ruchira Kamboj

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