1) The first woman president of India -- Smt. Pratibha Patil 2) The first lady to become "Miss World" -- Rita Faria 3) The first woman judge in Supreme Court -- Mrs. Meera Sahib Fatima Bibi ...4) The first woman Ambassador -- Miss C.B. Muthamma 5) The first woman Governor of a State in free India -- Mrs. Sarojini Naidu (1925) 6) The first woman Prime Minister-- Mrs. Indira Gandhi 7) The first woman to climb Mount Everest -- Bachhendri Pal The first woman to climb Mount Everest twice -- Santosh Yadav 9) The first woman President of the Indian National Congress -- Mrs. Annie Besant 10) The first woman chief justice of a High Court -- Mrs. Leela Seth 11) The first woman pilot in Indian Air Force --Harita Kaur Dayal 12) The first woman President of the United Nations General Assembly-- Mrs. Vijaya Laxmi Pandit 13) The first woman Chief Ministerof an Indian State -- Mrs. Sucheta Kripalani 14) The first woman chairman of Union Public Service Commission -- Roze Millian Bethew 15) The first woman Director General of Police (DGP) -- Kanchan Chaudhary Bhattacharya 16) The first woman Lieutenent General -- Puneeta Arora 17) The first woman Air Vice Marshal -- P. Bandopadhyaya 18) The first woman chairperson of Indian Airlines -- Sushma Chawla 19) The first woman I.P.S. Officer -- Mrs. Kiran Bedi 20) The first and the last Muslim woman ruler of Delhi -- Razia Sultan 21) The first woman to receive Ashoka Chakra -- Nirja Bhanot 22) The first woman to cross English Channel -- Aarti Saha 23) The first woman to receive Nobel Prize -- Mother Teresa 24) The first woman to receive Bharat Ratna -- Mrs. Indira Gandhi 25) The First woman to get Ashok Chakra -- Nirja Mishra 26) The first woman to receive Jnanpith Award -- Ashapurna Devi 27) First Indian woman to swim across the English Channel -- Miss Arati Saha (now Mrs. Arati Gupta) 28) First Indian woman to win WTA Title -- Sania Mirza 29) First Indian woman Airline Pilot -- Durga Banerjee 30) First Indian woman to win a Gold Medal in Asian Games -- Kamaljeet Sandhu 31) First Indian woman to win the Booker Prize -- Arundhati Roy 32) First Indian woman to go into space -- Kalpana Chawla 33) First Indian Woman Minister of Indian Railways -- Mamta banerjee
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