Field 

Name 

Year 

India’s first women I.P.S. officer 

Kiran Bedi 

1972 

First female pilot in India 

Sarla Thakral 

1936 

First female train driver in India 

Surekha Yadav 

1988 

First female Rafale pilot in India 

Flight Lieutenant Shivangi Singh 

2017 

First female prime minister in India 

Indira Gandhi 

1966-1977 

First female president in India 

Pratibha Patel 

2007-2012 

First female chief minister in India 

Sucheta Kriplani 

1963 

First Indian woman to get the Nobel Prize 

Mother Teresa 

1979 

First Woman Chief Justice of India 

Leila Seth 

1991 

First Indian woman to climb the Mt. Everest 

Bachendri Pal 

1984 

First Indian woman to become Miss World 

Miss Reita Faria 

1966 

First woman to get Jnanpith award 

Ashpurna Devi 

1976 

First Indian woman to win a gold in Asian games 

Kamaljeet Kaur Sandhu 

1970