First in India (Females)
List of persons (females) who were the first in India to receive various awards, achievements and handle various office is given below :
| First woman Prime Minister | Indira Gandhi |
| First woman minister in Government | Rajkumari Amrit Kaur |
| First woman Judge in Supreme Court | Fathima Beevi |
| First woman Chief Justice of High Court | Leela Seth |
| First woman lawyer to appear before a High Court in India and first to preside over the Rajya Sabha | Violet Alva |
| First woman President of United Nations General Assembly | Vijaya Laxmi Pandit |
| First woman Chief Minister of an Indian state | Sucheta Kripalani |
| First woman Governor of a State in free India | Sarojini Naidu |
| First woman Chairman of Union Public Service Commission(UPSC) | Rose Millian Bethew |
| First woman Director General of Police | Kanchan C Bhattacharya |
| First woman IPS Officer | Kiran Bedi |
| First woman President of Indian National Congress | Annie Besant |
| First woman Judge | Anna Chandy |
| First woman Barrister | Cornelia Sorabjee |
| First woman Honours Graduate | Kamini Roy |
| First woman Chairperson of Indian Airlines | Sushma Chawla |
| First woman to receive Nobel Prize | Mother Teresa |
| First woman Airline pilot | Durga Banerjee |
| First woman to receive Bharat Ratna | Indira Gandhi |
| First woman to receive Jnanpith Award | Ashapurna Devi |
| First woman to receive Ashoka Chakra | Neerja Bhanot |
| First woman Asian games Gold medal winner | Kamaljit Sandhu |
| First woman Olympic medal winner | Karnam Malleswari |
| First woman to climb Mount Everest | Bachendri Pal |
| First woman to climb Mount Everest twice | Santosh Yadav |
| First woman to cross English channel | Aarti Saha |
| First woman Doctor | Kadambini Ganguly |
| First Test Tube Baby | Durga (Kanupriya Agarwal, 1978) |
| First woman to participate in Olympics | N. Polley (1924, Tennis) |
| First woman Chief Election Commissioner of India | V.S. Ramadevi (1990) |
| First woman Speaker of Lok Sabha | Meira Kumar (2009) |
| First woman to win Wimbledon | Sania Mirza |
| First woman to go into Space | Kalpana Chawla |
| First woman to win Silver in Olympics | PV Sindhu |
| First woman wrestler to win Olympic medal | Sakshi Malik |
| First woman President | Pratibha Patil |
| First woman fighter to fly a fighter jet | Avani Chaturvedi |
| First Indian naval woman pilot | Shubhangi Swaroop |
| First Indian to win Gold medal on International track | Hima Das |
| First woman Flight engineer | Hina Jaiswal |
| First military diplomat posted at Indian Missions abroad | Wing Commander Anjali Singh |
First in India (Females)
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