First in India - Female

First in India - Female

The first lady to become “Miss World”	Rita Faria
The first woman judge in Supreme Court	Mrs. Meera Sahib Fatima Bibi
The first woman Ambassador	Miss C. B. Muthamma
The first woman Ambassador	Miss C. B. Muthamma
The first woman Governor of a State in free India	Mrs. Sarojini Naidu
The first woman Prime Minister	Bachhendri Pal
The first woman to climb Mount Everest twice	Santosh Yadav
The first woman President of the Indian National  Congress	Mrs. Annie Besant
The first woman chief justice of a High Court	Mrs. Leela Seth
The first woman pilot in Indian Air Force	Harita Kaur Dayal
The first woman President of the United Nations  General  Assembly	Mrs. Vijaya Laxmi Pandit
The first woman Chief Minister of an Indian State	Mrs. Sucheta Kripalani

The first woman chairman of Union Public Service Commission	Roze Millian Bethew
The first woman chairperson of Indian Airlines	Sushma Chawla
The first woman I.P.S. Officer	Mrs. Kiran Bedi
The first woman to receive Nobel Prize	Mother Teresa
The first woman to receive Bharat Ratna	Mrs. Indira Gandhi
The first woman to receive Jnanpith Award	Ashapurna Devi
The first woman Director General of Police (DGP)	Kanchan Chaudhary   Bhattacharya
The first woman Lieutenant General	Puneeta Arora
The first woman Air Vice Marshal	P. Bandopadhyaya