| Female Personality | Year | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Savitribai Phule | 1848 | Savitribai Phule became the first woman teacher in India. |
| Annie Besant | 1917 | First female president of the Indian National Congress. |
| Pandita Ramabai | 1919 | First Indian woman to be awarded the Kaiser-i-Hind Medal by the British Raj. |
| Sarojini Naidu | 1925 | First Indian born female president of the Indian National Congress. |
| Sarla Thakral | 1936 | the first Indian woman to fly an aircraft |
| Asima Chatterjee | 1944 | First Indian woman to be conferred the Doctorate of Science by an Indian university. |
| Amrit Kaur | 1947 | First female Cabinet minister of India in the country's first cabinet. |
| Anandibai Gopalrao Joshi | 1887 | the first Indian female physician |
| Shila Dawre | 1988 | country's first woman autorickshaw driver when she first stepped into the 'male-dominated' zone |
| Arunima Sinha | 2013 | the first female amputee to climb Mount Everest. She is also the first Indian amputee to climb the Everest. |
| 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 |
| 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. |
| Mother Teresa | 1979 | the first Indian woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize |
| 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. |
| Pratibha Patil | 2007-2012 | the first woman President of India and held office from July 2007 to July 2012. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| Anjali Gupt | 2001 | Anjali Gupta is the first female flying officer in the Indian Air Force to be court-martialled |
| Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit | 1953 | the first woman (and first Indian) president of the United Nations General Assembly |
| Anna Chandy | 1959 | the first Indian woman judge of a High Court (Kerala High Court) |
| Sucheta Kriplani | 1963 | the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, the first woman to hold that position in any Indian state |
| Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay | 1966 | Ramon Magsaysay award for community leadership |
| Kamaljit Sandhu | 1970 | the first Indian woman to win a Gold in the Asian Games |
| Bachendri Pal | 1984 | Bachendri Pal became the first Indian woman to climb Mount Everest. |
| Surekha Yadav | 1986 | the first Asian woman loco-pilot or railway driver. |
| Justice M. Fathima Beevi | 1989 | the first woman judge of the Supreme Court of India |
| Priya Jhingan | 1992 | the first lady cadet to join the Indian Army (later commissioned on 6 March 1993 |
| Meira Kumar | 4 June 2009 | the first female Speaker of Lok Sabha. |
| Priyanka N. | 20 October 2011 | drove the inaugural train of the Namma Metro becoming the first female Indian metro pilot. |
| Mitali Madhumita | 2011 | the first woman officer to win a Sena Medal for gallantry. |
| Tanushree Pareek | 25 March 2017 | the first female combat officer commissioned by the Border Security Force |
| Sania Mirza | 2005 | the first ever Indian woman to win the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) title in 2005. |
| Saina Nehwal | 2012-2015 | Saina Nehwal becamethe 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. |
| 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 |
| Deepa Malik | 2016 | First medal and that’s Silver won by her in Paralympics games in Summer Paralympics 2016. |
| Sushmita Sen | 1994 | The First Miss Universe |
| Tashi and Nancy Malik | 2013 | First twins ever to conquer Mount Everest together |
| Dr. Neeru Chadha | 2017 | First Indian Woman to be Elected as Judge of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) |
| Premlata Aggarwal | 2008-2013 | First Indian Woman Mountaineer to Scale the Seven Continental Peaks |
| Nita Ambani | 2016 | First Indian Woman Who Become an Individual Member of International Olympic Committee |
| Mahel Musa | 1977 | First Indian Woman Who Reached Antarctica |
| Ashapurna Devi | 1976 | First Woman to Receive jnanpith Award |
| Neerja Bhanot | 1987 | First Woman to Receive Ashoka Chakra |
| Razia Sultan | 1236 to 1240 | First & Last Muslim Woman Ruler of Delhi |
| Sushma Chawla | 2005 | First Woman chairperson of Indian Airlines |
| P. Bandopadhyaya | 1978 | First Woman Air Vice Marshal |
| Puneeta Arora | 2005 | First Woman Lieutenant General |
| Miss C.B. Muthumma | 1970 | The first woman Ambassador |
| Santosh Yadav | 1993 | First woman to climb Mount Everest twice |
| Mrs. Leela Seth | 1991 | First woman chief justice of a high Court |
| Harita Kaur Deol | 1994 | First woman Pilot in Indian Air Force |
| Roze Millian Bethew | - | First woman chairman of Union Public Service Commission |
| Kanchan Chaudhary Bhattacharya | - | First woman Director General of Police (DGP) |
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