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List of Fist Woman inIndia

Female
Year Role
Personality
Nirmala India's First full-time woman
2019
Sitharaman Finance Minister
First ever woman to be appointed
GS Lakshmi 2019 to the ICC International Panel of
Match Referees
First female national umpire to
Vrinda Rathi 2019 officiate in the T20 contest.

First Indian woman to cross the

Arohi Pandit 2019 Atlantic Ocean solo in a light sport
aircraft
Nirmala India's First woman Defence
2019
Sitharaman Minister
Gagandeep First Indian woman to be elected
2019
Kang Royal Society Fellow
First Indian Woman Flight
Hina Jaiswal 2019
Engineer.
First Indian woman to receive
Divya Karnad 2019 Future of Nature award for marine
conservation.
Harmanpreet First women cricketer scored a
2019
Kaur century in T20
First female officer to lead a
Captain Divya
2019 contingent on the Army Day
Ajith
parade

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 First female to lead the Indian
Lieutenant
Army's Service Corps (ASC)
Bhavana 2019
contingent, comprising 144 male
Kasturi
personnel
First female to lead the Army's
Captain Shikha Daredevils Motorcycle Display
2019
Surabhi team for the first time, comprising
33 men
First Indian female golfer to win
Aditi Ashok 2019
the Ladies European Tour
Youngest Indian woman to win on
Diksha Dagar 2019
the Ladies European Tour (LET).
First female amputee to climb
Arunima Sinha 2019 Mount Vinson, the highest peak of
Antarctica.
First Indian woman athlete to win
a gold at the world level in the
Hima Das 2018 women’s 400m final race in the
IAAF World Under-20 Athletics
Championships
First Indian woman to win a
Rahi Sarnobat 2018
shooting gold in the Asian Games
Savitribai Phule became the first
Savitribai Phule 1848
woman teacher in India.
First female president of the
Annie Besant 1917
Indian National Congress.
First Indian woman to be awarded
Pandita
1919 the Kaiser-i-Hind Medal by the
Ramabai
British Raj.
First Indian born female president
Sarojini Naidu 1925
of the Indian National Congress.

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 the first Indian woman to fly an
Sarla Thakral 1936
aircraft
First Indian woman to be
Asima
1944 conferred the Doctorate of Science
Chatterjee
by an Indian university.
First female Cabinet minister of
Amrit Kaur 1947
India in the country's first cabinet.
Anandibai
1887 the first Indian female physician
Gopalrao Joshi
country's first woman
autorickshaw driver when she
Shila Dawre 1988
first stepped into the 'male-
dominated' zone
Reita Faria Powel is an Indian
Reita Faria model, doctor and beauty queen,
1966
Powel who won Miss World also the first
Asian woman to win the title
the first Indian and Asian woman
to swim across English Channel.
Arati Saha 1959 She also became the first female
sportsperson to be awarded
Padma Shri in 1960.
the first Indian woman to win the
Mother Teresa 1979
Nobel Peace Prize
the first woman Prime Minister of
India and served from 1966 to
Indira Gandhi 1966 1977. In 1971, she became the
first woman to receive the Bharat
Ratna award.
the first woman President of India
Pratibha Patil 2007-2012 and held office from July 2007 to
July 2012.

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 the first Indian woman who
reached in space. As a mission
Kalpana Chawla 1997 specialist and a primary robotic
arm operator, she went into space
in 1997.
Kiran Bedi became the first
woman officer in India. Moreover,
later in 2003, Kiran Bedi also
Kiran Bedi 1972
became the first woman who was
appointed as the United Nations
Civil Police adviser.
Anjali Gupta is the first female
Anjali Gupt 2001 flying officer in the Indian Air
Force to be court-martialled
the first woman (and first Indian)
Vijaya Lakshmi
1953 president of the United Nations
Pandit
General Assembly
the first Indian woman judge of a
Anna Chandy 1959
High Court (Kerala High Court)
the Chief Minister of Uttar
Sucheta
1963 Pradesh, the first woman to hold
Kriplani
that position in any Indian state
Kamaladevi Ramon Magsaysay award for
1966
Chattopadhyay community leadership
Kamaljit the first Indian woman to win a
1970
Sandhu Gold in the Asian Games
Bachendri Pal became the first
Bachendri Pal 1984 Indian woman to climb Mount
Everest.
the first Asian woman loco-pilot or
Surekha Yadav 1986
railway driver.

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Justice M. the first woman judge of the
1989
Fathima Beevi Supreme Court of India
the first lady cadet to join the
Priya Jhingan 1992 Indian Army (later commissioned
on 6 March 1993
the first female Speaker of Lok
Meira Kumar 4 June 2009
Sabha.
drove the inaugural train of the
Priyanka N. 20 October 2011 Namma Metro becoming the first
female Indian metro pilot.
Mitali the first woman officer to win a
2011
Madhumita Sena Medal for gallantry.
the first female combat officer
Tanushree
25 March 2017 commissioned by the Border
Pareek
Security Force
the first ever Indian woman to win
Sania Mirza 2005 the Women's Tennis Association
(WTA) title in 2005.
Saina Nehwal becamethe first
Indian women to win a medal in
Badminton at 2012 Olympic
Saina Nehwal 2012-2015
Games. Later in 2015, she became
the first Indian woman to secure
no. 1 position in world rankings.
5-time World Amateur Boxing
2002,2005,2006,2008 Champion. she is the only Indian
Mary Kom
2010 woman boxer to have qualified for
the 2012 Summer Olympics
First medal and that’s Silver won
Deepa Malik 2016 by her in Paralympics games in
Summer Paralympics 2016.
Sushmita Sen 1994 The First Miss Universe

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Tashi and First twins ever to conquer Mount
2013
Nancy Malik Everest together
First Indian Woman to be Elected
Dr. Neeru as Judge of the International
2017
Chadha Tribunal for the Law of the Sea
(ITLOS)
First Indian Woman Mountaineer
Premlata
2008-2013 to Scale the Seven Continental
Aggarwal
Peaks
First Indian Woman Who Become
Nita Ambani 2016 an Individual Member of
International Olympic Committee
First Indian Woman Who Reached
Mahel Musa 1977
Antarctica
First Woman to Receive jnanpith
Ashapurna Devi 1976
Award
First Woman to Receive Ashoka
Neerja Bhanot 1987
Chakra
First & Last Muslim Woman Ruler
Razia Sultan 1236 to 1240
of Delhi
First Woman chairperson of
Sushma Chawla 2005
Indian Airlines
P.
1978 First Woman Air Vice Marshal
Bandopadhyaya
Puneeta Arora 2005 First Woman Lieutenant General
Miss C.B.
1970 The first woman Ambassador
Muthumma
First woman to climb Mount
Santosh Yadav 1993
Everest twice
First woman chief justice of a high
Mrs. Leela Seth 1991
Court

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Harita Kaur First woman Pilot in Indian Air
1994
Deol Force
Roze Millian First woman chairman of Union
-
Bethew Public Service Commission
Kanchan
First woman Director General of
Chaudhary -
Police (DGP)
Bhattacharya

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