First Indian Woman♀ President of India ----------- Pratibha Patil,2007 ♀ Prime Minister of India ----------- Indira Gandhi, 1966 ♀ Central Minister in a government ----------- Rajkumari Amrit Kaur ♀ Railway Minister of India ----------- Mamata Banerjee ♀ Speaker of the Lok Sabha ----------- Meira Kumar ♀ Chairperson of Rajya Sabha ----------- Violet Alva ♀ Governor ----------- Sarojini Naidu, Uttar Pradesh (1947–1949) ♀ Chief Minister ----------- Sucheta Kripalani, Uttar Pradesh(1963–1967) ♀ Speaker of State Assembly ----------- Mrs. Shano Devi ♀ Nominated member of the Rajya Sabha ----------- Rukmini DeviArundale ♀ Nobel Prize ----------- Mother Teresa ♀ Bharat Ratna ----------- Indira Gandhi ♀ Chief Justice of a High Court ----------- Leila Seth, 1991(Himachal Pradesh) ♀ Supreme Court judge ----------- Kumari Fathima Beevi ♀ High Court Judge ----------- Anna Chandy ♀ Lawyer ----------- Cornelia Sorabji, 1892 ♀ Honors Graduate ----------- Kamini Roy, 1886 ♀ Graduates ----------- Kadambini Ganguly and Chandramukhi Basu,1883 ♀ Doctorate of Science ----------- Asima Chatterjee, 1944 ♀ Director-General of Police ----------- Kanchan Chaudhary Bhattacharya ♀ IPS Officer ----------- Kiran Bedi ♀ IAS officer ----------- Anna Rajan George, 1950 ♀ Indian National Congress President ----------- Annie Besant ♀ Chairperson of State Bank of India ----------- Arundhati Bhattacharya ♀ Chairman of UPSC ----------- Roze Millian Bethew ♀ Chairperson of Indian Airlines ----------- Sushma Chawla ♀ President of Indian Science Congress ----------- Dr. AshimaChatterjee ♀ Woman Ambassador ----------- C.B. Muthamma ♀ Mount Everest ----------- Bachendri Pal, 1984 ♀ In space ----------- Kalpana Chawla ♀ Airline Pilot ----------- Durba Banerjee ♀ Gold Medal in Asian Games ----------- Kamaljeet Sandhu, 1970 ♀ Magasasay Award ----------- Kamladevi Chattopadhyay ♀ Miss Universe ----------- Sushmita Sen ♀ Miss World ----------- Rita Faria ♀ To Climb Mount Everest twice ----------- Santosh Yadav ♀ Jnanpith Award ----------- Ashapurna Devi ♀ Booker Prize ----------- Arundhati Roy ♀ Sahitya Akademi Award ----------- Amrita Pritam ♀ Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna ----------- Karnam Malleswari ♀ Olympic Medal ----------- Karnam Malleswari ♀ WTA Title ----------- Sania Mirza ♀ Lieutenant General ----------- Puneeta Arora ♀ Vice-admiral of Indian Navy ----------- Puneeta Arora ♀ Ashoka Chakra ----------- Nirja Bhanot ♀ Commercial Pilot ----------- Prem Mathur ♀ Woman to qualify for Olympic Games ----------- Sini Abrahim ♀ Cross Gobi Desert ----------- Sucheta Kadethankar ♀ Pilot in Indian Air Force ----------- Harita Kaur Deol ♀ Grand Slam junior title ----------- Sania Mirza, 2003Wimbledon Championships ♀ Chess Grandmaster ----------- Koneru Humpy, 2002 ♀ Member of Legion of Honour ----------- Asha Pande ♀ Monarch of Delhi Sultanate ----------- Razia Sultan ♀ To cross English Channel ----------- Aarti Saha ♀ Physician ----------- Kadambini Ganguly ♀ President of the UN General Assembly ----------- Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit, 1953 ♀ Air Vice-Marshal ----------- Padmavathy Bandopadhyay ♀ Head a Navratna PSU company ----------- Nishi Vasudeva ♀ External Affairs Minister ----------- Sushma Swaraj ♀ Women's Doubles Grand Slam trophy ----------- Sania Mirza ♀ Gymnast to qualify for Olympics ----------- Dipa Karmakar ♀ Boxer to win an Olympic Medal ----------- MC Mary Kom ♀ Shuttler to win an Olympic Medal ----------- Saina Nehwal ♀ Wrestler to win an Olympic Medal ----------- Sakshi Malik ♀ Athlete to reach the final of a track event at the Olympics ----------- Lalita Babar ♀ Gold medal at Asian Wrestling Championship ----------- Navjot Kaur ♀ First Gold Medallist on International Track ----------- Hima Das