The first Women in India

Field		Person
» First Muslim to sit on the throne of Delhi	-	Razia Sultan	Mother Theresa
» First to win Nobel Prize	-	Mother Theresa
» First Indian President of Indian National Congress	-	Mrs.. Sarojini Naidu
» First President of UN General Assembly	-	Mrs. Vijayalakshmi Pandit	Mrs. Vijayalakshmi Pandit
» First President of Indian National Congress	-	Dr. Annie Besant
» First Prime Minister	-	Mrs. Indira Gandhi
» First Chief Minister of State	-	Mrs. Sucheta Kripalani
» First Minister	-	Mrs. Vijayalakshmi Pandit
» First Central Minister	-	Rajkumari Amrit Kaur
» First Speaker of Lok Sabha	-	Mrs. Shanno Devi
» First Governor of a State	-	Mrs. Sarojini Naidu	Mrs. Sarojini Naidu
» First to swim across the English Channel	-	Mrs. Arti Shah
» First to climb Mount Everest	-	Bachhendri Pal
» First Judge of Supreme Court	-	Ms M. Fathima Beevi
»First Judge of a High Court	-	Anna Chandi
» First Chief Justice of a High Court	-	Ms. Leila Seth
» First Advocate	-	Cornelia Sorabji
» First IAS Officer	-	Anna George Malhotra	Kiran Bedi
» First IPS Officer	-	Kiran Bedi
» First Doctor	-	Kadambini Ganguli
» First Chief Engineer	-	Mrs. P.K. Thresia
» First Magistrate	-	Mrs. Omana Kunjamma
» First editor of English newspaper	-	Dina Vakil
» First to be crowned Miss Universe	-	Sushmita Sen
» First to be crowned Miss India	-	Reita Faria	Reita Faria
» First to be crowned Miss World	-	Reita Faria
» First DGP	-	Kanchan Chowdhry Bhattacharya
» Youngest to Climb Mount Everest	-	Dicky Dolma (19) from Manali -1993
» First to climb Mount Everest two times	-	Santosh Yadav (ITBF Officer) -1993
» First to receive a Sena Medal	-	Constable Bimla Devi (CRPF) - 1990
» First to circumnavigate (sail round the world)	-	Ujwala Rai