First Indian Female Achievers

Here is the list of some of the First & Great Women Achievers of India . They are the powerful Indian women who have made India shine on a global platform. These Indian women are the physical manifest of power, dedication towards work, will, grace and have shown extra ordinary brilliance in their respective fields.

First Indian woman to become Miss World - Reita Faria
First Indian woman judge in Supreme Court - Mrs Meera Sahib Fatima Bibi
First Indian woman Ambassador - Miss C.B. Muthamma
First Indian woman Governor of a state in free India - Mrs Sarojini Naidu
First Indian woman Speaker of a State Assembly - Shanno Devi
First Indian woman Prime Minister - Mrs Indira Gandhi
First Indian woman Minister in a Government - Rajkumari Amrit Kaur
First Indian woman to climb Mount Everest - Bachendri Pal
First Indian woman to climb Mount Everest twice - Santosh Yadav
First Indian woman President of Indian National Congress - Mrs Annie Besant
First Indian woman pilot in Indian Air Force - Harita Kaur Dayal
First Indian woman Graduates - Kadambini Ganguly and Chandramukhi Basu, 1883
First Indian woman Airline Pilot - Durba Banerjee
First Indian woman Honours Graduate - Kamini Roy, 1886
First Indian woman Olympic medal Winner - Karnam Malleswari, 2000
First Indian woman Asian Games Gold Medal Winner - Kamaljit Sandhu
First Indian woman Lawyer - Cornelia Sorabji
First Indian woman President of United Nations General Assembly - Mrs Vijaya Laxmi Pandit
First Indian woman Chief Minister of an Indian State - Mrs Sucheta Kripalani
First Indian woman Chairman of Union Public Service Commission - Roze Millian Bethew
First Indian woman Director General of Police - Kanchan Chaudhary Bhattacharya
First Indian woman Judge - Anna Chandy (She became judge in a district court in 1937)
First Indian woman Chief Justice of High Court - Mrs Leela Seth (Himachal Pradesh High Court)
First Indian woman Judge in Supreme Court of India - Kumari Justice M Fathima Beevi
First Indian woman Lieutenant General - Puneeta Arora
First Indian woman Air Vice Marshal - P Bandyopadhyay
First Indian woman chairperson of Indian Airlines - Sushma Chawla
First Indian woman IPS officer - Mrs Kiran Bedi
First and last Muslim woman ruler of India - Razia Sultan
First Indian woman to receive Ashok Chakra - Neerja Bhanot
First Indian woman to receive Jnanpith Award - Ashapurna Devi
First Indian woman to cross English Channel - Aarti Saha
First Indian woman to receive Nobel Prize - Mother Teresa
First Indian woman to receive Bharat Ratna - Mrs Indira Gandhi
First Indian woman to receive Jnanpith Award - Ashapurna Devi