First Woman in India

First Woman in India for all Competitive Exams in India UPSC, SSC, CGL, CTET, UGC NET, Railway Exams and More

S.no	Woman
1	Woman who travelled Allround the world—Ujjawala Patil (1988) by Boat
2	Pilot—Flying Officer Sushma Mukhopaddhyaya
3	Governor—Sarojini Naidu (U. P.)
4	D.I.G. (Police)—Kanchan Chaudhary Bhattacharya
5	Awardee of Norman Borlaug Prize—Dr. Amrita Patil
6	Awardee of Ashok Chakra—Neerja Bhanot(Posthumously)
7	Paratrooper of Indian Air Force—Geeta Ghosh
8	Chairman of Indian Air lines—Shushma Chawla
9	Barrister—Cornonia Sorabji (Allahabad High Court - 1923)
10	First Chief Secretary of the Country—Nirmla Buch First Space traveller—Kalpana Chawla
11	First woman of Indian origin who stayed for the longest time in space—Sunita William
12	Parliamentarian—Radhabai Subbarayan (1938)
13	Youngest woman who scaled the Mt. Everest twice—Decky Dolma
14	Woman who crossed over Gibralter Strait by Swimming— Arati Pradhan
15	Woman contested the Presidential election—Capt. Laxmi Sahgal
16	Chairman of NABARD—Ranjana Kumar
17	President of National Congress—Annee Besant
18	M.B.B.S. Degree awardee—Vidhumuti Bose and Virginia Mitter (Kolkata Medical College)
19	Ramon Magsaysay Prize awardee—Kiran Bedi
20	Awardee of B.E. degree —Ella-Majumdar (1951)
21	Foreign Secretary—Chokila Ayyar
22	Air Vice-Marshal and Air-Marshal in Indian Air Force— P. Bandyopadhyay
23	Commander of Boeing 737 Plane—Capt. Saudamini Deshmukh
24	Pilot of Indian Air Force—Harita Daoel
25	Participated in mustic programme of U.N.O.—M. S. Subbuluxmi (1966)
26	Awardee of Gayanpeeth Puraskar—Asha Purna Devi (1976)
27	I. A. S.—Auna George Malhotra
28	Woman who won the Gold Medal in Asian games— Kamaljeet Sidhu (1970, 400 metre)
29	Chief Engineer—P. K. Tresia Naguli
30	Literature who was awarded the Sahitya Akademi award—Amrita Pritam (1956)
31	President of Republic of India—Smt. Pratibha Patil
32	Lieutenant General—Punita Arora
33	Mayor—Tara Charian [Madras (Now Chennai) 1957]
34	World Record in Powerlifting—Sumita Laha (1989)
35	Advocate—Regina Guha
36	First Surgeon—Dr. Prema Mukherjee
37	Woman who made hat-trick in football—Youlanda- deSuza (1978)
38	Session Judge of the Country—Anna Chandi (Kerala)
39	Awardee of Miss Universe—Sushmita Sen
40	Woman who reached to North Pole—Pritisu Gupta (1993)
41	Represented the nation in all three games (Cricket, Hockey and Basketball)—Shrin Khushro Kiyasa
42	Prime Minister—Indira Gandhi
43	First Commercial test Pilot of the world—Capt. Surun Darsi and Capt. Rose Lopar
44	Minister in Central Cabinet—Rajkumari Amrit Kaur
45	Referee in Boxing—Rajia Sabnam
46	Awardee of Lenin peace award—Aruna Asaf Ali
47	Revenue Secretary—Vinita Rai
48	First television news broadcaster—Pratima Puri
49	Chairman of the Union Public Service Commission—Rose William Baithu
50	Degree of graduation—Kadambni Ganguly (Bose) and Chandramukhi Bose (Kolkata University, 1883)
51	Judge of Supreme Court—Justice Meera Sahib Fatima Bibi
52	Woman who won the medal in Olympic games— Malleshwari (weightlifting—Sydney)
53	Deputy Governor of Reserve Bank—K. J. Udesi (2003)
54	Woman participated in Olympic games—Meri Lila Row (1952)
55	Woman (India and World) who crossed English Channel through Swimming—Arati Shah
56	Awardee of Miss World—Rita Faria
57	Winner of Nobel Prize—Mother Terresa (for peace)
58	Awardee of Sena Medal—Vimla Devi (1988)
59	Scientist who was awarded Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar award—Ashima Chatterjee
60	Woman who won the medal in Commonwealth games— Anil Ghiya and Kawal Thakur Singh (woman Doubles Badminton, 1978)
61	Heroin awarded Dada Sahaib Phalke Prize—Devika Rani Rorik
62	Chief Minister—Sucheta Kriplani
63	Awardee of Arjun Puraskar—N. Lamsden (Hockey, 1961)
64	Twice scaled the Mt. Everest—Santosh Yadav
65	Medal winner in International Athletic Championship— Anju B. George (2003 Paris)
66	I. P. S.—Kiran Bedi
67	Air Lines Pilot—Capt. Durga Banerjee
68	Joint Director of C.B.I.— Archana SunderLingam
69	Grandmaster winner in Chess—Bhagiya Sri Thipsey (1988)
70	One hundred wicket taker in International Women Cricket—Indulgi (1986)
71	Ambassador—Vijayalaxmi Pandit (U.S.S.R.-1947)
72	Mountaineer who climbed (Conquered) the Mt.Everest— Bacchendri Pal
73	Non-military Police Advisor in U.N.O.—Kiran Bedi
74	Woman who reached ‗Antarctica‘—Mahel Musa (1977)
75	Chief Justice of High Court—Justice Leela Seth (Himachal Pradesh)
76	Honoured with ‗Bharat Ratna‘—Indira Gandhi
77	Winner of Murti Devi Prize—Pratibha Rai