First Women in India

First Woman governor of Independent India	Sarojini Naidu, in charge of United Provinces
First Women's University	Maharshi Karve starts SNDT University in Pune with five students in 1916
First Woman to hold a Union Cabinet post	Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
First Indian woman who reached Antarctica	Mahel Musa
First Woman to receive Bharat Ratna	Indira Gandhi
First Woman to receive Gyanpith Award	Ashapurna Devi
First Woman Headmistress in school	Savitribai Phule
First Woman to cross English Channel	Arati Saha
First Woman to receive Ashoka Chakra	Niraja Bhanot
First &Last Muslim Woman ruler of Delhi	Razia Sultan
First Woman President of the Indian National Congress	Mrs. Annie Besant
First Woman Chief Minister of an Indian State	Mrs. Sucheta Kripalani
First Woman chairperson of Indian Airlines	Sushama Chawala
First Woman chairman of Union Public Service Commission	Roze Millian Bethew
First Woman Director General of Police (DGP)	Kanchan Chaudhary Bhattacharya
First Woman Air Vice Marshal	P. Bandopadhyaya
First Woman Lieutenant General	Puneeta Arora
First Woman to climb Mount Everest twice	Santosh Yadav
First Woman judge in Supreme Court	Mrs. Meera Sahib Fatima Bibi
First Woman Ambassador	Miss C.B. Muthamma
First Indian Woman to become "Miss World"	Rita Faria
First Indian Woman to climb Mount Everest	Bachendri Pal(1984)
First Indian Woman to win Booker Prize	Arundhati Roy(1997)
First Woman President	Pratibha Patil (2007)
First Woman Speaker of Lok Sabha	Meira Kumar(2009)
First Woman to win Nobel Peace Prize	Mother Teresa(1979)
First Woman IPS Officer of India	Kiran Bedi(1972)
First Woman president of UN General Assembly	Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit(1953)
First Woman Prime Minister of India	Indira Gandhi(1966)