First in India (Women) First Women's UniversityMaharshi Karve starts SNDT University in Pune with five students in 1916. First Woman to hold a Union Cabinet postVijaya Lakshmi Pandit First Woman governor of Independent IndiaSarojini Naidu, in charge of United Provinces First Woman president of UN General Assembly1953 Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit First Woman Prime Minister of India1966 Indira Gandhi First Woman IPS Officer of India1972 Kiran Bedi First Woman to win Nobel Peace Prize1979 Mother Teresa First Indian Woman to climb Mount Everest1984 Bachendri Pal First Indian Woman to win Booker Prize1997 Arundhati Roy First Woman President2007 Pratibha Patil First Woman Speaker of Lok Sabha2009 Meira Kumar First Indian Woman to become "Miss World"Rita Faria First Woman judge in Supreme CourtMrs. Meera Sahib Fatima Bibi First Woman AmbassadorMiss C.B. Muthamma First Woman to climb Mount Everest twiceSantosh Yadav First Woman President of the Indian National CongressMrs. Annie Besant First Woman Chief Minister of an Indian StateMrs. Sucheta Kripalani First Woman chairman of Union Public Service CommissionRoze Millian Bethew First Woman Director General of Police (DGP)Kanchan Chaudhary Bhattacharya First Woman Lieutenant GeneralPuneeta Arora First Woman Air Vice MarshalP. Bandopadhyaya First Woman chairperson of Indian AirlinesSushama Chawala First &Last Muslim Woman ruler of DelhiRazia Sultan First Woman to receive Ashoka ChakraNiraja Bhanot First Woman to cross English ChannelArati Saha First Woman to receive Bharat RatnaIndira Gandhi First Woman to receive Gyanpith AwardAshapurna Devi First Woman Headmistress in schoolSavitribai Phule