First woman in India

भारत में प्रथम
Female ( महिला)

1.The first lady to become Miss World
( मिस वर्ल्ड बनने वाली प्रथम भारतीय महिला )
Rita Faria
( रीता फारिया)
2.The first woman judge in Supreme Court
( सर्वोच्च न्यायालय की प्रथम जज )
Mrs. Meera Sahib Fatima Bibi
( श्रीमती मीरा साहिब फातिमा बीबी )
3.The first woman Ambassador
( प्रथम महिला राजदूत )
Miss C.B. Muthamma
( मिस सी. बी. मुथम्मा )
4.The first woman Governor of a state in free India
( स्वतंत्र भारत के राज्य की पहली महिला राज्यपाल )
Mrs Sarojini Naidu
( श्रीमती सरोजिनी नायडू )
5.The first woman Speaker of a State Assembly
( राज्य विधानसभा की प्रथम महिला स्पीकर )
Shanno Devi
( शन्नो देवी )
6.The first woman Prime Minister
( प्रथम महिला प्रधानमंत्री )
Mrs Indira Gandhi
( श्रीमती इंदिरा गांधी )
7.The first woman Minister in a Government
( प्रथम महिला मन्त्री )
Rajkumari Amrit Kaur
( राजकुमारी अमृत कौर )
8.The first woman to climb Mount Everest
( माउन्ट एवरेस्ट पर चढ़ने वाली प्रथम महिला )
Bachhendri Pal
( बच्छेन्द्री पाल )
9.The first woman to climb Mount Everest twice
( मॉउन्ट एवरेस्ट पर दो बार चढ़ने वाली प्रथम महिला )
Santosh Yadav
( सन्तोष यादव )
10.The first woman President of Indian National Congress
( भारतीय राष्टीय कांग्रेस की प्रथम महिला अध्यक्ष )
Mrs Annie Besant
( श्रीमती एनी बिसेन्ट )
11.The first woman pilot in Indian Air Force
( भारतीय वायु सेना की प्रथम महिला पायलट )
Harita Kaur Dayal
( हरिता कौर दयाल )
12.The first woman Graduates
( प्रथम महिला स्नातक )
Kadambini Ganguly and Chandramukhi Basu, 1883
( कादंबिनी गांगुली और चन्द्रमुखी बसु, 1883 )
13.The first woman Airline Pilot
( प्रथम महिला एयरलाइन पायलट )
Durba Banerjee
( दुर्बा बनर्जी )
14.The first woman Honours Graduate
( प्रथम महिला अॉनर्स स्नातक )
Kamini Roy, 1886
( कामिनी रॉय, 1886 )
15. The first woman Olympic medal Winner
( प्रथम महिला ऑलम्पिक पदक विजेता )
Karnam Malleswari, 2000
( करनम मल्लेश्वरी, 2000 )
16. The first woman Asian Games Gold Medal Winner
Kamlijit Sandhu
17. The first woman Lawyer
Cornelia Sorabjee
18. The first woman President of United Nations General Assembly
Mrs Vijaya Laxmi Pandit
19. The first woman Chief Minister of an Indian State
Mrs Sucheta Kripalani
20.The first woman Chairman of Union Public Service Commission
Roze Millian Bethew
21. The first woman Director General of Police
Kanchan Chaudhary Bhattacharya
22.The first woman Judge
Anna Chandy (She became judge in a district court in 1937)
23. The first woman Cheif Justice of High Court
Mrs Leela Seth (Himachal Pradesh High Court)
24. The first woman Judge in Supreme Court of India
Kumari Justice M. Fathima Beevi
25. The first woman Lieutenant General
Puneeta Arora
26. The first woman Air Vice Marshal
P. Bandopadhyaya
27. The first woman chairperson of Indian Airlines
Sushma Chawla
28. The first woman IPS officer
Mrs. Kiran Bedi
29. The first and last Muslim woman ruler of India
Razia Sultan
30. The first woman to receive Ashoka Chakra
Nirja Bhanot
31. The first woman to receive Jnanpith Award
Ashapurna Devi
32. The first woman to cross English Channel
Aarti Saha
33. The first woman to receive Nobel Prize
Mother Teresa
34. The first woman to receive Bharat Ratna
Mrs Indira Gandhi
35. The first woman to receive Jnanpith Award
Ashpurna Devi