First in India ( female)

1. India's first woman president -
     Smt. Pratibha Patil

2. India's first woman Prime minister -
     Smt. Indira Gandhi

3. India's first woman Governor -
    Sarojini Naidu

4. India's first woman IPS officer -
     Kiran Bedi

5. First woman judge of the supreme Court -
    Meera Sahib Fatima Bibi

6. First Indian woman to go to space
     Kalpana chawla

7. First Indian woman to win the Booker          Prize -
    Arundhati Roy

8. First Indian woman to become miss                universe-
    Sushmita sen

9. First Indian woman to get Bharat Ratna -
    Smt. Indira Gandhi

10. First woman to get the Noble Prize -
       Mother Teresa