First Women of India With Their Achievements

1. India's First Woman Railway Driver - Surekha Shankar Yadav

2. India's First Woman Tabla Maestro - Dr. Aban Mistry

3. India's First Recognized Billionth Citizen - Astha

4. India's First Woman Airbus Pilot - Durba Banerjee

5. First Woman Secretary General Of Rajya Sabha - V. S. Rama Devi

6. First Indian Woman To Win Magsasay Award - Kiran Bedi

7. First Indian Woman Cricketer To Get 100 Wickets - Diana Eduljee

8. First Indian Paratrooper Of Indian Air Force - Nita Ghose

9. First Indian Woman To Complete Her MBBS - Kadambini Ganguli Bose In 1888

10. First Woman Cheif Engineer - P. K. Tresia Nanguli

11. First Indian Woman At Antarctica - Meher Moos In 1976

12. First Woman Foriegn Minister - Lakshmi N. Menon

13. First Woman Commercial Pilot - Prem Mathur Of Deccan
Airways

14. First Woman Sahitya Award Winner - Amrita Pritam

15. First Woman President Of Indian Science Congress - Dr. Ashima Chatterjee

16. First Woman To Win WTA Tennis Tournament - Sania Mirza

17. First Chief Justice Of Mumbai High Court - Justice Sujaata B Manohar

18. First Indian Woman Advocate - Regina Guha

19. First Indian Woman Barrister - Cornotia Sorabji

20. First Woman Surgeon - Dr. Prema Mukherjee

21. First Woman To Get Arjun Award - N. Lumsden (1961)

22. First Woman Chairman Of Bank - Tarzani Vakil

23. First Woman Chairperson Of National Woman Commission - Mrs. Jayanti Patnayak

24. First Indian Woman To Receive Asiad Gold Medal - Kamalji Sandhu

25. First Woman Speaker Of State Assembly - Mrs. Shano Devi

26. First Actress In The Indian Cinema - Devika Rani

27. First Woman Finger Prints Expert In India - Sita Varthambal And Bhrangathambal

28. First Woman Doordarshan News Reader - Pratima Puri

29. First Indian Woman To Reach In Olympic Games - Sini Abrahim

30. First Indian Woman To Receive Norman Borlaug Award - Dr. Amrita Patel

31. First Indian Woman IAS Officer - Anna George

32. First Woman President Of Student's Union - Anju Sachdeva of Delhi University

33. First Woman Chairperson Of Rajya Sabha - Violet Alva In 1962