VidyaGyaan

List of First Indian Woman in Various Field – India

VidyaGyaan
list-of-First-Indian-Women

list-of-First-Indian-Women

List of First Indian Woman in Various Field – India

S.N. Name of First Female in India Achivements/Designation
1 India’s First Woman President Pratiba Patil
2 India’s First Woman Prime Minister Indira Gandhi
3 India’s First Woman IPS Officer Kiran Bedi
4 First Woman Chief Minister of State Sucheta Kripalani
5 First Indian Woman to climb Mt Everest Bachendri Pal
6 First Indian Woman to climb Mt Everest twice Santhosh Yadhav
7 First Indian Woman to become Miss World Miss Reita Faria
8 First Indian Woman to become Miss Universe Susmita Sen
9 First Indian Woman to get Bharat Ratna Indira Gandhi
10 The First Woman Awarded The Nobel Prize Mother Teresa (Peace)
11 First Indian Woman to get Jnanpith Award Ashapurna Devi
12 Planning Commission’s First Female President Indira Gandhi
13 The First Woman Ambassador Vijayalakshmi Pandit
14 Norman Borlaug Award First Lady DR. Amrita Patel
15 Sahitya Akademi Award First Lady Amrita Pritam
16 First Lady Library Building Awards Ashapurna Devi
17 First Lady Embellished The Lenin Peace Prize Aruna Asaf Ali
18 The First Woman To Reach Antarctica Mehar Musa
19 The First Woman To Reach The North Pole Preeti Sengupta (1993)
20 The First Woman To Orbit The World By Yacht Ujjwala Patil (1988)
21 First Lady Awarded Ashok Chakra Neerja Mishra
22 India’s First Television News Reader Pratima Puri
23 India First I.A.S. Female Anna George
24 Everest, The World’s Youngest Child Dinky Dolma
25 Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award First Lady Dr. Ashima Chatterjee
26 Ramon Magsaysay Award For Public Service From The Ornate First Lady Kiran Bedi
27 The First President Of The National Women’s Commission Jayanti Patnaik
28 India’s First Test-Tube Baby Harsha
29 The First Woman Judge In The Supreme Court Meera Sahib Bibi Fatima
30 First Woman Chief Justice Leila Seth (HP, 1991)
31 First Lady Advocate Camilla Sorabjee
32 First Lady Of The United Nations General Assembly President Vijayalakshmi Pandit (1953)
33 First Woman Speaker Of The Legislative Assembly Mrs. Shanno Devi
34 First Female Speaker Meera Kumar
35 India’s First Woman visited Abroad Anandibai Gopalrao Joshi
36 India’s First Woman Mayor Tara Cherian
37 India’s First Woman Chief Engineer PK Tresia Nanguli
38 India’s First Woman Pilot Sushma Mukhopadhyay
39 India’s First Female Bronze Medalist Sydney 2000 Olympics Karnam Malleswari
40 India’s First Woman Air Lines Pilot Captain Durga Banerjee
41 Boeing 737’s First Woman Commander Captain Saudamini Deshmukh
42 IAF’s First Woman Parashutr Geeta Ghosh
43 The First Indian Woman Athlete To Participate In The Olympic Games Cry My Leela (1952)
44 Indian Woman To Win A Medal In The Olympic Games Karnam Malleswari (weightlifting, Sydney)
45 The First Indian Woman To Win A Gold In The Asian Games Kamaljit Sandhu (1970, 400m)
46 The First Indian Woman To Win A Medal At The Commonwealth Games Ami Ghia and Kanwal Thakur Singh
47 The First Indian Woman To Win A Medal In International Athletics Championship Barbie Anju George
48 Chess Grand Master’s Title In The First Indian Woman Bhagyashree Thipsay (1988)
49 The First Indian Woman To Get 100 Wickets In International Cricket Neetu David
50 The First Indian Woman To Achieve Military Medal Vimala Devi (1988)
51 The First Indian Woman To A Hat-Trick In International Football Yolanda D’Souza (1978)
52 The First Indian Woman Graduating Kadambini Ganguly (Bose) and Chandramukhi Bose (Calcutta University, 1883)
53 Graduating In Engineering The First Indian Woman Kadambini Ganguly
54 The First Woman Graduated In Medicine Vidhumuki Bose and Virjinia Mitr (Calcutta Medical College)
55 Reserve Bank Deputy Governor, First Lady KJ Udeshi (2003)
56 Surgeons First Indian Woman DR. Prema Mukherjee
57 The First Woman Police Chief Kanchan Choudhary Bhattacharya
58 NABARD’s First Female President Ranjana Kumar
59 Indian Airlines First Female President Sushma Chawla
60 The First Woman Barrister Kornonia Sorabjee (Allahabad High Court, 1923)
61 Power Lifting World Record In The First Indian Woman Sumita Laha (1989)
62 The First Indian Woman To Swim The Strait Of Gibraltar Arti Pradhan
63 Three Sports (Cricket, Hockey And Balibol) To Represent The Country In The First Indian Woman Shirin Khusrau
64 The First Indian Woman Pilot In The Indian Air Force Aircraft Harita Deol
65 The First Indian Actress To Receive Dadasaheb Phalke Award Devika Rani Roerich
66 Bhatnagar Award Shantiswrup First Woman Scientist Ashima Chatterjee
67 First Woman Foreign Secretary Chokila Iyer
68 India’s First Woman Chief Secretary Nirmala Buch
69 The First Indian Woman To Receive The Award Goddess Statue Pratibha Roy
70 The First Indian Woman To Run For President Sehgal
71 UN Civilian Police Adviser First Lady Kiran Bedi
72 The First Woman To Sit On The Throne Of Delhi Sultanate Razia Sultan
73 India’s First Woman Doctor Kadambini Ganguly
74 First Lady Revenue Secretary Vinita Rai
75 First Lady Of Boxing Referee Razia Shabnam
76 Most Time Spent In Space, The First Indian-Born Woman Sunita Williams
77 India’s First Woman Legislator . Dr SK. Mudhulkshmi Reddy
78 The First Woman House Speaker Snnodevi
79 The First Woman Officer In The Merchant Navy Sonali Banerjee
80 The First Professional Woman Pilot Prema Mathur
81 The Indian Women’s Cricket Test Double Century Mitali Raj
82 The Indian Women’s Cricket To Take 100 Wickets In International Women Diana Adulji
83 First woman chairperson of the U.P.S.C. Rose Million Bethews
84 First Indian Woman Minister of Indian Railways Mamata Banerjee
85 First Female Muslim Pilot in India Saarah Hameed
86 First woman in the Indian Foreign Service to hold Chief of Protocol to the Government of India Ruchira Kamboj

Also Read