- First female doctor in India - Anandi Gopal Joshi -1887
- First female teacher in India - Savitribai Phule -1848
- India’s first women I.P.S officer - Kiran Bedi - 1972
- First woman autorickshaw driver- Shila Dawre - 1988
- First female pilot in India - Sarla Thakral - 1936
- First female train driver in India -Surekha Yadav -1988
- Female rafale pilot in India - Flight Lieutenant Shivangi Singh - 2017
- First female army officer in India
Captain Lakshmi Sehgal -1943
- First female astronaut in India - Kalpana Chawla -2003
- First female prime minister in India -Indira Gandhi -1966- 1977
-First female engineer in India -Lalitha Ayyalasomayajula - (1919 - 1979)
-First female lawyer in India -Cornelia Sorabji -1894
-First female president in India -Pratibha Patil - (2007 - 2012)
-First female chief minister in India -Sucheta Kripalani -1963
-First female actress in India -Durgabai Kamat - 1914
-First female barrister in India -Cornelia Sorabji - 1866- 1954
- First female fighter pilot in India -Bhawana Kanth -2016
- First female neurosurgeon in India - Thanjavur Santhanakrishna Kanaka -(1932- 2018)
- First female airline pilot in India -Durba Banerjee - 1959
- First female governor in India -Sarojini Naidu -(1947- 1949)
-First female scientist in India -Kamala Sohonie -(1912- 1988)
-First female IFS officer in India -Chonira Belliappa Muthamma -1949
-First female mining engineer in India -Dr. Chandrani Prasad Verma -1999
-First CM female in India - Sucheta Kripalani -1908- 1974
-First educated female in india -Savitribai Phule - (1831- 1897)
-First female defence minister in india - Nirmala Sitharaman - 2017
- First female entrepreneurs in india - Kalpana Saroj - 2001
- First female dentist in india -Vimal Sood- (1922- 2021)
- First women president of INC - Annie Besant - 1917
- First women union minister -Rajkumari Amrita Kaur - 1947
- India’s first women ruler (on Delhi’s throne) - Razia Sultan -1236 to 1240
- First women to get Ashok Chakra -Nirja Bhanot - 1987
- First Indian women to get the nobel prize -Mother Teresa - 1979
- First Indian women to climb the Mt. Everest - Bachendri Pal -1984
- First Indian women to become Miss world - Miss Reita Faria - 1966
-First women to get Jnanpith award
-Ashpurna Devi - 1976
- First Indian women to win a gold in Asian games - Kamaljeet Sandhu
-1970
-First Indian women to win the Booker prize - Arundhati Roy - 1992
- First woman musician to get Bharat Ratna(1988) - Ms Subbulakshmi - (1916- 2004)
-First Indian woman to win WTA title -Sania Mirza - 2005