List of First Indian Woman in the History of India
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www.bankersexpress.in List of first Indian woman in the history of India First woman Prime Minister of India Indira Gandhi First woman President of India Pratibha Patil First woman Chief Minister of an Indian State Mrs. Sucheta Kripalani First woman governor of Independent India Sarojini Naidu First woman judge in Supreme Court of India Justice M. Fathima Beevi First woman Speaker of Lok Sabha Meira Kumar First Indian woman to hold a Union Cabinet rank post Amrit Kaur First woman IAS Officer of India Anna Rajam Malhotra First woman IPS Officer of India Kiran Bedi First woman Director General of Police (DGP) of India Kanchan Chaudhary Bhattacharya First woman Lieutenant General of Indian Armed forces Puneeta Arora First woman to join the Indian Army Priyan Jhingan First woman pilot to fly solo in the Indian Air Force Harita Kaur Deol First Indian woman to clear IAS examinations Miss C.B. Muthamma First woman to join Indian Foreign service (IFS) Miss C.B. Muthamma First Indian woman Air Vice Marshal P. Bandopadhyaya First Indian woman to win Nobel Peace Prize Mother Teresa First Indian woman to win Booker Prize Arundhati Roy First Indian woman to become "Miss World" Rita Faria Powell First Indian woman to become "Miss Universe" Susmita Sen First woman to receive Bharat Ratna Indira Gandhi First Indian woman to go Space Kalpana Chawla First woman to receive Jnanpith Award Ashapoorna Devi First woman to receive Ashoka Chakra Niraja Bhanot First Indian woman president of UN General Assembly Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit First woman President of the Indian National Congress Mrs. Annie Besant First Indian woman President of the Indian National Congress Sarojini Naidu First woman chairman of Union Public Service Commission Roze Millian Bethew First Indian woman who become an individual member of Nita Ambani International Olympic Committee First &Last Muslim woman ruler of Delhi Razia Sultana First Indian woman to climb Mount Everest Bachendri Pal First woman to climb Mount Everest twice Santosh Yadav First woman amputee to scale Everest Arunima Sinha First twins ever to conquer Mount Everest Tashi and Nancy Malik First Indian woman mountaineer to scale the seven continental Premlata Agrawal peaks First Indian woman to cross English Channel Arati Saha First Indian woman who reached Antarctica Meher Moos Maharshi Karve starts Shreemati Nathibai Damodar Thackersey (SNDT) First Women's University of India University in Pune with five students in 1916. First Indian woman Headmistress in school Savitribai Phule First Indian woman to win a Women's Tennis Association (WTA) Sania Mirza title www.bankersexpress.in www.bankersexpress.in First Indian woman to be ranked no. 1 in WTA's doubles Sania Mirza rankings First Indian woman to win a medal in Badminton at Olympics Saina Nehwal First Indian woman to win No.1 in world ranking in Badminton Saina Nehwal First Indian woman boxer who won a medal in each of the six Mary Kom World Championships www.bankersexpress.in .