*FIRST INDIAN WOMEN

•President of India: Pratibha Patil, 2007
•Prime Minister of India: Indira Gandhi, 1966
•Central Minister in a government: Rajkumari Amrit Kaur
•Railway Minister of India: Mamata Banerjee
•Speaker of the Lok Sabha: Meira Kumar
•Chairperson of Rajya Sabha: Violet Alva
•Governor: Sarojini Naidu, Uttar Pradesh (1947–1949)
•Chief Minister: Sucheta Kripalani, Uttar Pradesh (1963–1967)
•Speaker of State Assembly: Mrs. Shano Devi
•Nominated member of the Rajya Sabha: Rukmini Devi Arundale
•Nobel Prize: Mother Teresa
•Bharat Ratna: Indira Gandhi
•Chief Justice of a High Court: Leila Seth, 1991 (Himachal Pradesh)
•Supreme Court judge: Kumari Fathima Beevi
•High Court Judge: Anna Chandy
•Lawyer: Cornelia Sorabji, 1892
•Honours Graduate: Kamini Roy, 1886
•Graduates: Kadambini Ganguly and Chandramukhi Basu, 1883
•Doctorate of Science: Asima Chatterjee, 1944
•Director General of Police: Kanchan Chaudhary Bhattacharya
•IPS Officer: Kiran Bedi
•IAS officer: Anna Rajan George, 1950
•Indian National Congress President: Annie Besa
•Chairperson of State Bank of India: Arundhati Bhattacharya
•Chairman of UPSC: Roze Millian Bethew
•Chairperson of Indian Airlines: Sushma Chawla
•President of Indian Science Congress: Dr.Ashima Chatterjee
•Woman Ambassador: C.B. Muthamma
•Mount Everest: Bachendri Pal, 1984
•In space: Kalpana Chawla
•Airline Pilot: Durba Banerjee
•Gold Medal in Asian Games: Kamaljeet Sandhu, 1970
•Magasasay Award: Kamladevi Chattopadhyay
•Miss Universe: Sushmita Sen
•Miss World: Rita Faria
•To Climb Mount Everest twice: Santosh Yadav
•Jnanpith Award: Ashapurna Devi
•Booker Prize: Arundhati Roy
•Sahitya Akademi Award: Amrita Pritam
•Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna: Karnam Malleswari
•WTA Title: Sania Mirza
•Lieutenent General: Puneeta Arora
•Vice admiral of Indian Navy: Puneeta Arora
•Ashoka Chakra: Nirja Bhanot
•Commercial Pilot: Prem Mathur
•Woman to qualify for Olympic Games: Sini Abrahim
•Cross Gobi Desert: Sucheta Kadethankar
•Pilot in Indian Air Force: Harita Kaur Deol
•Grand Slam junior title: Sania Mirza, 2003 Wimbledon Championships
•Chess Grandmaster: Koneru Humpy, 2002
•Member of Legion of Honour: Asha Pande
•Monarch of Delhi Sultanate: Razia Sultan
•To cross English Channel: Aarti Saha
•Physician: Kadambini Ganguly
•President of the UN General Assembly: Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit, 1953
•Air Vice Marshal: Padmavathy Bandopadhyay
•Head a Navratna PSU company: Nishi Vasudeva