List of ‘First Women’ in India in Different Professions (50+)

A list of India’s first women in every area will inspire and enable many more women to chase their dreams and succeed in the future.

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#	Various Field	First Woman	Year
1	First (woman) Bharat Ratna Awardee of India	Indira Gandhi	1966
2	First Indian-origin woman astronaut	Kalpana Chawla	2003
3	The first woman who joined the Indian Army.	Priya Jhingan	1992
4	First Indian lady to win Miss Asia Pacific International	Zeenat Aman	1970
5	First Miss Intercontinental of India	Lara Dutta	1997
6	First woman Booker Prize Winner of India	Arundhati Roy	1997
7	First woman Chief Information Commissioner	Deepak Sadhu	2013
8	First woman President of the General Assembly of the United Nations	Vijayalakshmi Pandit	1953
9	First Women Advocate	Cornelia Sorabji	1892
10	First woman president of National Congress	Annie Besant	1917
11	First woman Chief Justice of High Court	Leela Sheth	1930
12	First Strait of Gibraltar winning swimmer	Aarti Pradhan	1988
13	First Indian Miss Earth Title winner	Nicole Faria	2010
14	First woman Ashoka Chakra Award recipient	Neerja Bhanot	1952
15	First Indian woman to reach Antarctica	Mahel Musa	1977
16	Twice conquers Mount Everest	Santosh Yadav	1992 1992
17	First woman Jnanpith award winner	Ashapurna Devi	1976
18	First woman Airline pilot (commercial) in India	Durba Banerjee	1988
19	First lady Musician Bharat Ratna winner	MS Subhalakshmi	1998
20	First woman Prime Minister of India	Indira Gandhi	1966
21	First woman Chief Minister of India	Sucheta Kripalani	1963
22	First woman Health Minister of India	Rajkumari Bibiji Amrit Kaur	1947
23	First woman who became the President of India	Pratibha Patil	2007
24	First woman who became Speaker of a State Assembly in India.	Shanno Dev	1966
25	First Indian woman who become English Channel- winning swimmer	Aarti Saha	1959
26	First Indian woman who become Everest winner	Bachendri Pal	1984
27	First woman IAS Officer	Anna George Malhotra	1951
28	First woman I. P. S Officer	Kiran Bedi	1972
29	First woman who become High Court Justice	Anna Chandy	1937
30	First woman who became Supreme Court Justice	M. Fatima Beevi	1989
31	First woman to win a gold medal in the Indian Army	Anjana Bhaduri	1992
32	First Miss Universe of India	Sushmita Sen	1994
33	First Miss World of India	Rita Faria	1966
34	First woman Nobel Prize Winner of India	Mother Teresa	1913
35	First Indian Lady to Win Miss Asia Pacific World	Himangini Singh Yadu	2012
36	First Lady Scientist of India	Asima Chatterjee	1944
37	First Woman to Rule India	Razia Sultan	1236
38	First Woman Governor in India	Sarojini Naidu	1947
39	First Woman Air-Marshal	Padma Bandopadhyay	1968
40	First Lady Speaker of Lok Sabha	Meira Kumar	1968
41	First Woman Defence Minister	Indira Gandhi	1975
42	First Indian Woman to Win a Medal in Badminton at Olympics	Saina Nehwal	2012
43	First Lady Chief Election Commissioner	V. S. Ramadevi	1990
44	First Tribal woman become the president of India	Smt. Draupadi Murmu	2022
45	Minister of External Affairs of India	Sushma Swaraj	2014
46	First female Dalit Chief Minister in India	Mayawati	1995
47	First Indian woman to fly an aircraft	Sarla Thukral	1936
48	First woman Director General of Police	Kanchan Chaudhary Bhattacharya	2004
49	First female Judge in India	Anna Chandy	1959
50	First Indian woman engineer	A Lalitha	1943
51	First Indian woman to earn a PhD	Kamala Sohoni	1936
52	First Indian woman to win an Olympic medal	Karnam Malleswari	2000

First women in India in various fields

NOTE: There is a contradiction between Annie Besant and Sarojini Naidu, the First Indian Woman President of the Indian National Congress (INC),

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