First Women in India, First Women Entrepreneur India, List of First Women in India
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1. India’s
First Woman President: Pratiba Patil
2. India’s First
Woman Prime Minister: Indira Gandhi
3. India’s First Woman Governor: Sarojini Naidu
4. India’s First
Woman IPS Officer: Kiran Bedi
5. First Woman
Chief Minister of State: Sucheta Kripalani
6. First Woman
Union Minister: Rajkumari Amrita Kaur
7. First Woman
President of INC: Annie Besant
8. First Woman
Judge of Supreme Court: Meera Sahib Fatima Bibi
9. First Woman to
get Ashok Chakra: Nirja Bhanot
10. First Indian Woman Ambassador
at UN: Vijalakshmi Pandit
11. First Indian Woman to get
Nobel Prize: Mother Terasa
12. First Indian Woman to swim
across English Channel: Arati Saha
13. First Indian Woman to climb Mt
Everest: Bachendri Pal
14. First Indian Woman to become
Miss World: Miss Reita Faria
15. First Indian Woman to climb Mt
Everest twice: Santhosh Yadhav
16. First Indian Woman to become
Miss Universe: Susmita Sen
17. First Indian Woman to get
Bharat Ratna: Indira Gandhi
18. First Indian Woman to get
Jnanpith Award: Ashapurna Devi
19. First Indian Woman to win WTA
Title: Sania Mirza
20. First Indian Woman Airline
Pilot: Durga Banerjee
21. First Indian Woman to win Gold
in Asian Games: Kamaljeet Sandhu
22. First Indian Woman President of
INC: Sarojini Naidu
23. First Indian Woman to Booker
Prize: Arundhati Roy
24. First Woman Musician to get Bharat
Ratna: MS Subbalakshmi
25. First Indian Woman to go to
space: Kalpana Chawla
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Female Personality
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Year
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Role
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1. GS Lakshmi
|
2019
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First
ever woman to be appointed to the ICC International Panel of Match Referees
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2. Vrinda Rathi
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2019
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First
female National umpire to officiate in the T20 contest.
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3. Arohi Pandit
|
2019
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First
Indian woman to cross the Atlantic Ocean solo in a light sport aircraft
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4. Gagandeep Kang
|
2019
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First
Indian woman to be elected Royal Society Fellow
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5. Hina Jaiswal
|
2019
|
|
6. Divya Karnad
|
2019
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First
Indian woman to receive Future of Nature award for marine conservation.
|
7. Harmanpreet Kaur
|
2019
|
First
women cricketer scored a century in T20
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8. Captain Divya Ajith
|
2019
|
First
female Officer to lead a contingent on the Army Day parade
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9. Lieutenant Bhavana
Kasturi
|
2019
|
First
female to lead the Indian Army's Service Corps (ASC) contingent, comprising
144 male personnel
|
10.
Captain Shikha Surabhi
|
2019
|
First
female to lead the Army's Daredevils Motorcycle display team for the first
time, comprising 33 men
|
11.
Aditi Ashok
|
2019
|
First
Indian female golfer to win the Ladies European Tour
|
12.
Diksha Dagar
|
2019
|
Youngest
Indian woman to win on the Ladies European Tour (LET).
|
13.
Arunima Sinha
|
2019
|
First
female amputee to climb Mount Vinson, the highest peak of Antarctica.
|
14.
Hima Das
|
2018
|
First
Indian woman athlete to win a gold at the world level in the women’s 400m
final race in the IAAF World Under-20 Athletics Championships
|
15.
Rahi Sarnobat
|
2018
|
First
Indian woman to win a shooting gold in the Asian Games
|
16.
Arunima Sinha
|
2019
|
First
female amputee to climb Mount Vinson, the highest peak of Antarctica.
|
17.
Savitribai Phule
|
1848
|
Savitribai
Phule became the first woman Teacher in India.
|
18.
Annie Besant
|
1917
|
First
female president of the Indian National Congress.
|
19.
Pandita Ramabai
|
1919
|
First
Indian woman to be awarded the Kaiser-i-Hind Medal by the British Raj.
|
20.
Sarojini Naidu
|
1925
|
First
Indian born female president of the Indian National Congress.
|
21.
Sarla Thakral
|
1936
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The
first Indian woman to fly an aircraft
|
22.
Asima Chatterjee
|
1944
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First
Indian woman to be conferred the Doctorate of Science by an Indian University.
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23.
Amrit Kaur
|
1947
|
First
female Cabinet minister of India in the country's first cabinet.
|
24.
Anandibai Gopalrao Joshi
|
1887
|
The
first Indian female physician
|
25.
Shila Dawre
|
1988
|
Country's
first woman autorickshaw driver when she first stepped into the
'male-dominated' zone
|
26.
Reita Faria Powel
|
1966
|
Reita
Faria Powel is an Indian model, doctor and beauty queen, who won Miss World
also the first Asian woman to win the title
|
27.
Arati Saha
|
1959
|
The
first Indian and Asian woman to swim across English Channel. She also became
the first female sportsperson to be awarded Padma Shri in 1960.
|
28.
Mother Teresa
|
1979
|
The
first Indian woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize
|
29.
Indira Gandhi
|
1966
|
The
first woman Prime Minister of India and served from 1966 to 1977. In 1971,
she became the first woman to receive the Bharat Ratna award.
|
30.
Pratibha Patil
|
2007-2012
|
The
first woman President of India and held office from July 2007 to July 2012.
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31.
Kalpana Chawla
|
1997
|
The
first Indian woman who reached in space. As a mission specialist and a
primary robotic arm operator, she went into space in 1997.
|
32.
Kiran Bedi
|
1972
|
Kiran
Bedi became the first woman Officer in India. Moreover, later in 2003, Kiran
Bedi also became the first woman who was appointed as the United Nations
Civil Police adviser.
|
33.
Anjali Gupta
|
2001
|
Anjali
Gupta is the first female flying officer in the Indian Air Force to be
court-martialled
|
34.
Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
|
1953
|
The
first woman (and first Indian) president of the United Nations General
Assembly
|
35.
Anna Chandy
|
1959
|
The
first Indian woman judge of a High Court (Kerala High Court)
|
36.
Sucheta Kriplani
|
1963
|
The
Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, the first woman to hold that position in any
Indian state
|
37.
Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay
|
1966
|
Ramon
Magsaysay award for community leadership
|
38.
Kamaljit Sandhu
|
1970
|
The
first Indian woman to win a Gold in the Asian Games
|
39.
Bachendri Pal
|
1984
|
Bachendri
Pal became the first Indian woman to climb Mount Everest.
|
40.
Surekha Yadav
|
1986
|
The
first Asian woman loco-pilot or railway driver.
|
41.
Justice M. Fathima Beevi
|
1989
|
The
first woman judge of the Supreme Court of India
|
42.
Priya Jhingan
|
1992
|
The
first lady cadet to join the Indian Army (later commissioned on 6TH
March 1993
|
43.
Meira Kumar
|
4 June 2009
|
The
first female Speaker of Lok Sabha.
|
44.
Priyanka N.
|
20 October 2011
|
Drove
the inaugural train of the Namma Metro becoming the first female Indian metro
pilot.
|
45.
Mitali Madhumita
|
2011
|
The
first woman Officer to win a Sena Medal for gallantry.
|
46.
Tanushree Pareek
|
25 March 2017
|
The
first female combat Officer commissioned by the Border Security Force
|
47.
Sania Mirza
|
2005
|
The
first ever Indian woman to win the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) title in
2005.
|
48.
Saina Nehwal
|
2012-2015
|
Saina
Nehwal became the first Indian women to win a medal in Badminton at 2012 Olympic
Games. Later in 2015, she became the first Indian woman to secure no. 1
position in world rankings.
|
49.
Mary Kom
|
2002,2005,2006,2008
2010 |
5-time
World Amateur Boxing Champion. she is the only Indian woman boxer to have
qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics
|
50.
Deepa Malik
|
2016
|
First
medal and that’s Silver won by her in Paralympics games in Summer Paralympics
2016.
|
51.
Sushmita Sen
|
1994
|
The
First Miss Universe
|
52.
Tashi and Nancy Malik
|
2013
|
First
twins ever to conquer Mount Everest together
|
53.
Dr. Neeru Chadha
|
2017
|
First
Indian Woman to be Elected as Judge of the International Tribunal for the Law
of the Sea (ITLOS)
|
54.
Premlata Aggarwal
|
2008-2013
|
First
Indian Woman Mountaineer to Scale the Seven Continental Peaks
|
55.
Nita Ambani
|
2016
|
First
Indian Woman who Become an Individual Member of International Olympic
Committee
|
56.
Mahel Musa
|
1977
|
First
Indian Woman Who Reached Antarctica
|
57.
Ashapurna Devi
|
1976
|
First
Woman to Receive Jnanpith Award
|
58.
Neerja Bhanot
|
1987
|
First
Woman to Receive Ashoka Chakra
|
59.
Razia Sultan
|
1236 to 1240
|
First
& Last Muslim Woman Ruler of Delhi
|
60.
Sushma Chawla
|
2005
|
First
Woman chairperson of Indian Airlines
|
61.
P. Bandopadhyaya
|
1978
|
First
Woman Air Vice Marshal
|
62.
Puneeta Arora
|
2005
|
First
Woman Lieutenant General
|
63.
Miss C.B. Muthumma
|
1970
|
The
first woman Ambassador
|
64.
Santosh Yadav
|
1993
|
First
woman to climb Mount Everest twice
|
65.
Mrs. Leela Seth
|
1991
|
First
woman Chief Justice of a High Court
|
66.
Harita Kaur Deol
|
1994
|
First
woman Pilot in Indian Air Force
|
67.
Roze Millian Bethew
|
-
|
First
woman chairman of Union Public Service Commission
|
68.
Kanchan Chaudhary Bhattacharya
|
-
|
First
woman Director General of Police (DGP)
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69.
Smt. Sushma Swaraj
|
-
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First
woman Chief Minister of Delhi
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70.
Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman
|
-
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First
women defense Minister of India
|
71.
Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman
|
-
|
First
woman Finance Minister of India
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