| The first woman president of India | Smt. Pratibha Patil |
| The first lady to become "Miss World" | Rita Faria |
| The first woman judge in Supreme Court | Mrs. Meera Sahib Fatima Bibi |
| The first woman Ambassador | Miss C.B. Muthamma |
| The first woman Governor of a State in free India | Mrs. Sarojini Naidu(1925) |
| The first woman Prime Minister | Mrs. Indira Gandhi |
| The first woman Director General of Police (DGP) | Kanchan Chaudhary Bhattacharya |
| The first woman Lieutenent General | Puneeta Arora |
| The first woman Air Vice Marshal | P. Bandopadhyaya |
| The first woman chairperson of Indian Airlines | Sushma Chawla |
| The first woman I.P.S. Officer | Mrs. Kiran Bedi |
| The first and the last Muslim woman ruler of Delhi | Razia Sultan |
| The first woman to receive Jnanpith Award | Ashapurna Devi |
| First Indian woman to swim across the English Channel | Miss Arati Saha (now Mrs. Arati Gupta) |
| First Indian woman to win WTA Title | Sania Mirza |
| First Indian woman Airline Pilot | Durga Banerjee |
| First Indian woman to win a Gold Medal in Asian Games | Kamaljeet Sandhu |
| First Indian woman to win the Booker Prize | Arundhati Roy |
| First Indian woman to go into space | Kalpana Chawla |
| First Indian Woman Minister of Indian Railways | Mamata Banerjee |
| The first woman to climb Mount Everest | Bachhendri Pal |
| The first woman to climb Mount Everest twice | Santosh Yadav |
| The first woman President of the Indian National Congress | Mrs. Annie Besant |
| The first woman chief justice of a High Court | Mrs. Leela Seth |
| The first woman pilot in Indian Air Force | Harita Kaur Dayal |
| The first woman President of the United Nations General Assembly | Mrs. Vijaya Laxmi Pandit |
| The first woman Chief Minister of an Indian State | Mrs. Sucheta Kripalani |
| The first woman chairman of Union Public Service Commission | Roze Millian Bethew |
| The first woman to receive Ashoka Chakra | Nirja Bhanot |
| The first woman to cross English Channel | Aarti Saha |
| The first woman to receive Nobel Prize | Mother Teresa |
| The first woman to receive Bharat Ratna | Mrs. Indira Gandhi |
| The First woman to get Ashok Chakra | Nirja Mishra |