| India's first Woman Governor | Sarojini Naidu |
| India's first Woman ruler (on Delhi's throne) | Razia Sultan |
| India's first Woman I.P.S. officer | Kiran Bedi |
| First Woman Chief Minister of a state | Sucheta Kripalani (U.P) |
| First Woman Union Minister | Rajkumari Amrita Kaur |
| India's first Woman Prime Minister | Smt. Indira Gandhi |
| First Woman President of INC | Annie Besant |
| First Woman Judge of the Suprime Court | Meera Sahib Fatima Bibi |
| First Woman to get Ashok Chakra | Nirja Bhanot |
| First Indian Woman Ambassador at United Nations | Vijayalakshmi Pandit |
| first Indian Woman to swim across English Channel | Aarti Saha |
| First Indian Woman to get the Noble Prize | Mother Teresa (1979) |
| First Indian Woman to climb the Mt. Everest | Bachenciri Pal |
| First Indian Woman to become 'Miss World' | Miss Reita Faria |
| First Indian Woman to climb the 'Mt. Everest' twice | Santosh Yadav |
| First Indian woman to become 'Miss Universe' | Sushmita Sen |
| First Indian Woman to get Bharat Ratna | Smt Indira Gandhi |
| First Indian Woman to get Jnanpith Award | Ashapurna Devi |
| first Woman to win WTA Title | Sania Mirza |
| First Indian Woman to win a Gold in Asian Games | Kamaljeet Sandhu |
| First Indian Woman President of I. N. Congress | Sarojini Naidu (1925) |
| First Indian Woman to wind the Booker Prize | Arundhati Roy |
| First Woman Musician to get 'Bharat Ratna' | M. S. Subbulakhshmi |
| First Indian Woman to go into space | Kalpana Chawla |
| First Indian Woman Airline Pilot | Durga Banerjee |