1) The first woman president of India — Smt. Pratibha Patil2) 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 Minister of 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 — Mamata banerjee
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