*First Women of India With Their Achievements

1. India's First Woman Railway
Driver - Surekha Shankar Yadav
2. India's First Woman Tabla
Maestro - Dr. Aban Mistry
3. India's First Recognized
Billionth Citizen - Astha
4. India's First Woman Airbus
Pilot - Durba Banerjee
5. First Woman Secretary General
Of Rajya Sabha - V. S. Rama Devi
6. First Indian Woman To Win
Magsasay Award - Kiran Bedi
7. First Indian Woman Cricketer
To Get 100 Wickets - Diana
Eduljee
8. First Indian Paratrooper Of
Indian Air Force - Nita Ghose
9. First Indian Woman To
Complete Her MBBS - Kadambini
Ganguli Bose In 1888
10. First Woman Cheif Engineer -
P. K. Tresia Nanguli
11. First Indian Woman At
Antarctica - Meher Moos In 1976
12. First Woman Foriegn Minister
- Lakshmi N. Menon
13. First Woman Commercial Pilot
- Prem Mathur Of Deccan
Airways
14. First Woman Sahitya Award
Winner - Amrita Pritam
15. First Woman President Of
Indian Science Congress - Dr.
Ashima Chatterjee
16. First Woman To Win WTA
Tennis Tournament - Sania Mirza
17. First Chief Justice Of Mumbai
High Court - Justice Sujaata B
Manohar
18. First Indian Woman Advocate
- Regina Guha
19. First Indian Woman Barrister
- Cornotia Sorabji
20. First Woman Surgeon - Dr.
Prema Mukherjee
21. First Woman To Get Arjun
Award - N. Lumsden (1961)
22. First Woman Chairman Of
Bank - Tarzani Vakil
23. First Woman Chairperson Of
National Woman Commission -
Mrs. Jayanti Patnayak
24. First Indian Woman To
Receive Asiad Gold Medal -
Kamalji Sandhu
25. First Woman Speaker Of State
Assembly - Mrs. Shano Devi
26. First Actress In The Indian
Cinema - Devika Rani
27. First Woman Finger Prints
Expert In India - Sita Varthambal
And Bhrangathambal
28. First Woman Doordarshan
News Reader - Pratima Puri
29. First Indian Woman To Reach
In Olympic Games - Sini Abrahim
30. First Indian Woman To
Receive Norman Borlaug Award -
Dr. Amrita Patel
31. First Indian Woman IAS
Officer - Anna George
32. First Woman President Of
Student's Union - Anju Sachdeva
of Delhi University
33. First Woman Chairperson Of
Rajya Sabha - Violet Alva In 1962