First in India

S.No.		Role		Female Personality
1		India's First Woman Railway Driver		Surekha Shankar Yadav
2		India's First Woman Tabla Maestro		Dr. Aban Mistry
3		India's First Recognized Billionth Citizen		Astha
4		India's First Woman Airbus Pilot		Durba Banerjee
5		First Woman Secretary General Of Rajya Sabha		V. S. Rama Devi
6		First Indian Woman To Win Magsasay Award		Kiran Bedi
7		First Indian Woman Cricketer To Get 100 Wickets		Diana Eduljee
8		First Indian Paratrooper Of Indian Air Force		Nita Ghose
9		First Indian Woman To Complete Her MBBS		Kadambini Ganguli Bose In 1888
10		First Woman Cheif Engineer		P. K. Tresia Nanguli
12		First Indian Woman At Antarctica		Meher Moos In 1976
13		First Woman Foriegn Minister		Lakshmi N. Menon
14		First Woman Commercial Pilot		Prem Mathur Of Deccan Airways
15		First Woman Sahitya Award Winner		Amrita Pritam
16		First Woman President Of Indian Science Congress		Dr. Ashima Chatterjee
17		First Woman To Win WTA Tennis Tournament		Sania Mirza
18		First Chief Justice Of Mumbai High Court		Justice Sujaata B Manohar
19		First Indian Woman Advocate		Regina Guha
20		First Indian Woman Barrister		Cornotia Sorabji
21		First Woman Surgeon		Dr. Prema Mukherjee
22		First Woman To Get Arjun Award		N. Lumsden (1961)
23		First Woman Chairman Of Bank		Tarzani Vakil
24		First Woman Chairperson Of National Woman Commission		Mrs. Jayanti Patnayak
25		First Indian Woman To Receive Asiad Gold Medal		Kamalji Sandhu
26		First Woman Speaker Of State Assembly		Mrs. Shano Devi
27		First Actress In The Indian Cinema		Devika Rani
28		First Woman Finger Prints Expert In India		Sita Varthambal And Bhrangathambal
29		First Woman Doordarshan News Reader		Pratima Puri
30		First Indian Woman To Reach In Olympic Games		Sini Abrahim
31		First Indian Woman To Receive Norman Borlaug Award		Dr. Amrita Patel
32		First Indian Woman IAS Officer		Anna George
33		First Woman President Of Student's Union		Anju Sachdeva of Delhi University
34		First Woman Chairperson Of Rajya Sabha		Violet Alva In 1962
S. No.	Role		Female Personalities
1	Delhi's First Mayor		Aruna Asaf Ali
2	Delhi's First Woman Chief Secretary		Shailja Chandra
3	Fastest Asian to swim across the English Channel		Anita Sood
4	First all-women crew to fly an air Force Chetak Helicopter		Flight Cadets Cheryl Dutta and Simran Sodhi of IAF
5	First Indian woman magistrate appointed in United Kingdom		Kantha Talwar
6	First India woman mayor in United Kingdom		Lata Patel
7	First Indian woman President of Indian National Congress		Sarojini Naidu
8	First Indian woman producer and director		Fatima Begum
9	First Indian woman to become Miss Universe		Sushmita Sen
10	First Indian Woman to go in space		Kalpana Chawla
11	First woman to head any Wakf Board in India		Bader Sayeed
12	First Indian woman to reach the final of an Olympic event		P.T.Usha
13	First Indian woman to win a medal in an Olympic event		Karnam Malleshwari
14	First Indian woman boxer to win an international event		M.C.Merykom
15	First Indian woman to Swim across the English Channel		Arati Saha
16	First Miss Universe of the new millennium		Lara Dutta
17	First woman Ambassador from India		Vijay Lakshmi Pandit
18	First woman Central Minister		Rajkumari Amrit Kaur
19	First woman film star to be a member of Rajya Sabha		Nargis Dutt
20	First woman Governor of Tamil Nadu		Justice M. Fatima Beevi
21	First woman judicial officer		Anna Chandy
22	First woman Minister of an Indian state		Vijay Lakshmi Pandit
23	First woman Speaker of an Indian state		Shano Devi
24	Grandma Madonna from India		Asha Bhonsle
25	India's first Test-Tube Baby		Kruti Parekh

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1. India's First Woman Railway Driver - Surekha Shankar Yadav

2. India's First Woman Tabla Maestro - Dr. Aban Mistry

3. India's First Recognized Billionth Citizen - Astha

4. India's First Woman Airbus Pilot - Durba Banerjee

5. First Woman Secretary General Of Rajya Sabha - V. S. Rama Devi

6. First Indian Woman To Win Magsasay Award - Kiran Bedi

7. First Indian Woman Cricketer To Get 100 Wickets - Diana Eduljee

8. First Indian Paratrooper Of Indian Air Force - Nita Ghose

9. First Indian Woman To Complete Her MBBS - Kadambini Ganguli Bose In 1888

10. First Woman Cheif Engineer - P. K. Tresia Nanguli

11. First Indian Woman At Antarctica - Meher Moos In 1976

12. First Woman Foriegn Minister - Lakshmi N. Menon

13. First Woman Commercial Pilot - Prem Mathur Of Deccan Airways

14. First Woman Sahitya Award Winner - Amrita Pritam

15. First Woman President Of Indian Science Congress - Dr. Ashima Chatterjee

16. First Woman To Win WTA Tennis Tournament - Sania Mirza

17. First Chief Justice Of Mumbai High Court - Justice Sujaata B Manohar

18. First Indian Woman Advocate - Regina Guha

19. First Indian Woman Barrister - Cornotia Sorabji

20. First Woman Surgeon - Dr. Prema Mukherjee

21. First Woman To Get Arjun Award - N. Lumsden (1961)

22. First Woman Chairman Of Bank - Tarzani Vakil

23. First Woman Chairperson Of National Woman Commission - Mrs. Jayanti Patnayak

24. First Indian Woman To Receive Asiad Gold Medal - Kamalji Sandhu

25. First Woman Speaker of State Assembly - Mrs. Shano Devi

26. First Actress In The Indian Cinema - Devika Rani

27. First Woman Finger Prints Expert In India - Sita Varthambal And Bhrangathambal

28. First Woman Doordarshan News Reader - Pratima Puri

29. First Indian Woman To Reach In Olympic Games - Sini Abrahim

30. First Indian Woman To Receive Norman Borlaug Award - Dr. Amrita Patel

31. First Indian Woman IAS Officer - Anna George

32. First Woman President Of Student's Union - Anju Sachdeva of Delhi University

33. First Woman Chairperson Of Rajya Sabha - Violet Alva In 1962




1. Who was the first Indian ICS officer?
Ans: Satyendra Nath Tagore
2. Who was the first British Governor of Bengal?
Ans: Warren Hastings
3. Who was the first Indian Member of Viceroys Executive Council?
Ans: Sir S P Sinha
4. Who was the first Chief Justice of Supreme Court?
Ans: Harilal J Kania
5. Who was the first Commander-in-Chief of Free India?
Ans: General Sir Roy Butcher (1948-49)
6. Who was the first Indian Commander-in-Chief of Free India?
Ans: General K M Cariappa
7. Who was the first chief of Air Staff?
Ans: Air Marshall Sir Thomas Elmhirst
8. Who was the first Indian chief of Air Staff?
Ans: Air Marshall S Mukherjee
9. Who was the first Chief of Army Staff?
Ans: General Maharaja Rajendra Sinhji
10. Who was the first Chief of Naval Staff (Indian)?
Ans: Vice Admiral R D Katari