| S.No |
Field |
Name of the Person |
Year |
Birth Place |
| 1 | First Indian Woman Doctor | Anandi Gopal Joshi | 1886 | Pune, British India |
| 2 | First Woman President of INC | Annie Besant | 1917 | London, UK |
| 3 | First Indian Woman President of INC | Sarojini Naidu | 1925 | Hyderabad (Now Telangana) |
| 4 | First Indian Woman Airline Pilot | Sarla Thakral | 1936 | New Delhi |
| 5 | First Indian Woman to swim across English Channel | Arati Saha | 1959 | Kolkata, West Bengal |
| 6 | First Indian Woman to get Arjuna Award | Stephie D'Souza | 1963 | Goa |
| 7 | First Indian Woman to become Miss World | Reita Faria | 1966 | Mumbai (British Bombay) |
| 8 | First Indian Woman to win Gold in Asian Games | Kamaljeet Sandhu | 1970 | Punjab |
| 9 | First Indian Woman to get Bharat Ratna | Indira Gandhi | 1971 | Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh |
| 10 | First Indian Woman to get Jnanpith Award | Ashapoorna Devi | 1976 | Kolkata, West Bengal |
| 11 | First Indian Woman to get Nobel Prize | Mother Teresa | 1979 | Skopje (Now North Macedonia) |
| 12 | First Indian Woman to win Oscar | Bhanu Athaiya | 1983 | Kolhapur, Maharashtra |
| 13 | First Indian Woman to climb Mt Everest | Bachendri Pal | 1984 | Uttarakhand |
| 14 | First Woman to get Ashok Chakra | Neerja Bhanot | 1987 | Chandigarh |
| 15 | First Woman Judge of Supreme Court | Fathima Beevi | 1989 | Kerala |
| 16 | First Indian Woman Miss Universe | Sushmita Sen | 1994 | Hyderabad |
| 17 | First Indian Woman Booker Prize | Arundhati Roy | 1997 | Shillong |
| 18 | First Indian Woman to go to Space | Kalpana Chawla | 1997 | Karnal |
| 19 | First Woman Musician Bharat Ratna | M. S. Subbulakshmi | 1998 | Madurai |
| 20 | First Indian Woman Olympic Medal | Karnam Malleswari | 2000 | Andhra Pradesh |
| 21 | First Indian Woman WTA Title | Sania Mirza | 2004 | Hyderabad |
| 22 | First Woman Governor (UP) | Sarojini Naidu | 1947-1949 | Hyderabad |
| 23 | First Woman Ambassador at UN | Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit | 1947-1949 | Allahabad |
| 24 | First Woman Union Minister | Rajkumari Amrita Kaur | 1947-1957 | Lucknow |
| 25 | First Woman Chief Minister (UP) | Sucheta Kriplani | 1963-1967 | Ambala |
| 26 | First Woman Prime Minister | Indira Gandhi | 1966-1977 | Allahabad |
| 27 | First Woman IPS Officer | Kiran Bedi | 1975 | Amritsar |
| 28 | First Woman to climb Mt Everest twice | Santosh Yadav | 1992-1993 | Haryana |
| 29 | First Woman President of India | Pratibha Patil | 2007-2012 | Maharashtra |
| 30 | First Transgender Woman Police Officer | K. Prithika Yashini | 2017 | Tamil Nadu |
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