List of First Women in Different Fields in India - Name and Achievements

First Lady in India and Achievement:

Here is a list of the names and achievements of the first famous Indian women(s) in India, who first established their dominance in India. Indian women have made their valuable contribution in various fields of the country like:- History, Sociology, Science, Politics, Awards and Honors, Entertainment etc.

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Achievement	Name
First Indian female shooter to win gold medal in Asian Games	Rahi Sarnobat (22 August 2018)
The first Indian woman to win a gold medal in wrestling at the Asian Games	Vinesh Phogat (20 August 2018)
First Indian woman player to win gold medal in World Junior Athletics	Hima Das (13 July 2018)
First Indian woman player to score 2000 runs in T20 Internationals	Mithali Raj (08 June 2018)
India's first blind woman IAS	Pranjal Patil (June 2018)
First woman chancellor of Jamia Millia Islamia (National Islamic University)	Dr. Najma Heptulla (29 May 2018)
First Indian woman player to win gold medal in table tennis at Commonwealth Games	Manika Batra (April 2018)
The first Indian woman player to win a silver medal in the Olympic Games	PV Sindhu
First Indian woman boxer to win gold medal in boxing at Commonwealth Games	MC Mary Kom (April 2018)

Indian women gymnasts to win bronze medal in Gymnastics World Cup	Aruna Budda Reddy (25 February 2018)
First Indian woman to receive 'Nari Shakti Puraskar' in the field of Law and Justice	Geeta Mittal (08 March 2018)
First woman officer to be recruited in Indian Army	Priya Jhingan
First Indian disabled to climb Mount Everest	Arunima Sinha (21 May 2013)
The first Indian woman to fly a fighter plane	Avani Chaturvedi (19 February 2018)
First woman judge of Manipur High Court	Abhilasha Kumari (February 2018)
First woman president of Indian Banks' Association (IBA)	Usha Ananthasubramanian (January 2018)
The country's first blind Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officer	NL Beno Zefine (July 2015)
India's first female photojournalist	Homi Vyarawala
First Indian woman swimmer to win gold medal at World Para Swimming Championships	Kanchanmala Pandey (December 2017)

First woman pilot to join Indian Navy	Shubhangi Swarup (Nov 2017)
Gurugram's first woman mayor	Madhu Azad (November 2017)
First Indian woman Secretary General of Lok Sabha	Snehlata Srivastava (November 2017)
First Indian woman player to win gold medal in world championship	Pooja Kadian Wushu (October 2017)
First Indian woman to become a councilor of a municipal ward in Britain	Rehana Amir (May 2017)
The first Indian woman to be elected a judge in the United Nations judicial body "International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea" (ITLOAC)	Neeru Chadha (June 2017)
First Indian woman leader to be awarded the Asian Social Entrepreneur Award	Nisha Dutt (June 2017)
First Indian woman to scale Mount Everest for the fourth time	Anshu Jamsenpa
First woman president of Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)	Shobhana Kamineni (01 May 2017)
First Indian player to win Asian Squash Championship title	Joshna Chinappa (30 April 2017)

Gujarat's first woman Director General of Police (DGP)	Geeta Johri (04 April 2017)
The first Indian woman combat officer to be inducted into the Border Security Force (BSF)	Tanushree Parikh
First woman cricketer to be honored with BCCI Lifetime Achievement Award	Shantha Rangaswamy
India's first female teacher	Savitribai Phule
First woman president of All India Tennis Association	Praveen Mahajan (2017)
The first Indian woman to become the brand ambassador of Australia	Parineeti Chopra
India's first blind woman doctor	Kritika Purohit
The first Indian female player to play in Australia's cricket tournament Big Bash League	Harmanpreet Kaur
First Indian Woman Judge of High Court	Justice Anna Chandy (Kerala)
First Woman Chief Engineer in India	Mrs. P.K.Gesia

First Indian Woman President of Indian National Congress	Sarojini Naidu
First Indian woman wrestler to win gold medal in wrestling at Commonwealth Games	Geeta Phogat (2010 Commonwealth Games)
First Indian female athlete (athlete) to win a medal in Paralympic Games	Deepa Malik (Won silver medal in 2016 Paralympics Games.)
First woman minister in the cabinet of any state in India	Vijay Lakshmi Pandit (United Provinces, 1937)
First Dalit Chief Minister of any state of India	Mayawati (Uttar Pradesh)
First Indian woman chairperson of Union Public Service Commission	Mrs Rose Million Bethue
First woman to be awarded Bharat Ratna	Mrs. Indira Gandhi

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