Lists Of First Women in India

 

1	First Indian Woman Doctor	Anandi Gopal Joshi	1886	Pune, British India
2	First Woman President of INC	Annie Besant	1917	London, UK
3	First Indian Woman President of INC	Sarojini Naidu	1925	Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh (Now Telangana)
4	First Indian Woman Airline Pilot	Sarla Thakral	1936	New Delhi
5	First Indian Woman to swim across English Channel	Arati Saha	1959	Kolkata, West Bengal
6	First Indian woman to get Arjuna Award	Stephie D'Souza	1963	Goa
7	First Indian Woman to become Miss World	Miss Reita Faria	1966	British Bombay (Now Mumbai)
8	First Indian Woman to win Gold in Asian Games	Kamaljeet Sandhu	1970	Punjab
9	First Indian Woman to get Bharat Ratna	Indira Gandhi	1971	Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh
10	First Indian Woman to get Jnanpith Award	Ashapoorna Devi	1976	Culcutta (Now Kolkata, West Bengal)
11	First Indian Woman to get Nobel Prize	Mother Terasa	1979	West Germany (Now Macedonia)
12	First Indian Women to win Oscar Award	Bhanu Athaiya	1983	Kolhapur, British India (Now Maharashtra)
13	First Indian Woman to climb Mt Everest	Bachendri Pal	1984	Uttrakashi (Now Uttarakand)
14	First Woman to get Ashok Chakra	Nirja Bhanot	1987	Chandigarh, Punjab
15	First Woman Judge of Supreme Court	Meera Sahib Fatima Bibi	1989	Pathanamthitta, Kerala
16	First Indian Woman to become Miss Universe	Susmita Sen	1994	Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh (Now Telangana)
17	First Indian Woman to Booker Prize	Arundhati Roy	1997	Shillong, Assam (Present Meghalaya)
18	First Indian Woman to go to space	Kalpana Chawla	1997	Karnal, Punjab (Now Haryana)
19	First Woman Musician to get Bharat Ratna	MS Subbalakshmi	1998	Madurai, Tamilnadu
20	First Indian Woman to win Medal in Olymbic	Karnam Malleswari	2000	Andhra Pradesh
21	First Indian Woman to win WTA Title	Sania Mirza	2004	Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh (Now Telangana)
22	India’s First Woman Governor (Uttar Pradesh)	Sarojini Naidu	1947 - 1949	Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh (Now Telangana)
23	First Indian Woman Ambassador at UN	Vijalakshmi Pandit	1947 - 1949	Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh
24	First Woman Union Minister (Minister of Health)	Rajkumari Amrita Kaur	1947 - 1957	Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
25	First Woman Chief Minister of State (Uttar Pradesh)	Sucheta Kripalani	1963 - 1967	Ambala, Punjab (Now in Haryana)
26	India’s First Woman Prime Minister	Indira Gandhi	1966-1977	Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh
27	India’s First Woman IPS Officer	Kiran Bedi	1975 (In Delhi)	Amritsar, Punjab.
28	First Indian Woman to climb Mt Everest twice	Santhosh Yadhav	1992, 1993	Haryana
29	India’s First Woman President	Pratiba Patil	2007 - 2012	Maharashtra
30	First transgender woman to be a police officer in India (Dharmapuri)	K Prithika Yashini	2017 (Dharmapuri)	Tamilnadu