| First female | India | West Bebngal |
| 1st female doctor in India | Anandi Gopal Joshi 1887 | |
| 1st female teacher in India | Savitribai Phule 1848 | |
| India’s 1st women I.P.S officer | Kiran Bedi 1972 | |
| 1st female pilot in India | Sarla Thakral 1936 | |
| 1st female train driver in India | Surekha Yadav 1988 | |
| 1st female rafale pilot in India | Flight Lieutenant Shivangi Singh 2017 | |
| 1st female army officer in India | Captain Lakshmi Sehgal 1943 | |
| 1st female astronaut in India | Kalpana Chawla 2003 | |
| 1st female prime minister in India | Indira Gandhi 1966- 1977 | |
| 1st female engineer in India | Lalitha Ayyalasomayajula | |
| 1st female lawyer in India | Cornelia Sorabji 1894 | |
| 1st female president in India | Pratibha Patil 2007 – 2012 | |
| 1st female chief minister in India | Sucheta Kripalani 1963 INC Sheila Dikshit 98-2013 J. Jayalalithaa 91-2016 Mamata Banerjee 20 May 2011 AITC | |
| 1st female actress in India | Durgabai Kamat 1914 | |
| 1st female governor in India | Sarojini Naidu 1947- 1949 | |
| 1st female scientist in India | Kamala Sohonie 1912- 1988 | |
| 1st female defence minister in india | Nirmala Sitharaman 2017 | |
| First women president of INC | Annie Besant 1917 | |
| First women to get Ashok Chakra | Nirja Bhanot 1987 | |
| First Indian women to get the nobel prize | Mother Teresa 1979 | |
| First Indian women to become Miss world | Miss Reita Faria 1966 | |
| First Indian women to win the Booker prize | Arundhati Roy 1992 | |








