List of Some Great Women in Indian History | General Knowledge
First Female in India |
Name |
First female Monarch in India |
Prabhavatigupta of Vakataka dynasty |
| First female Pilot a locomotive engine | Surekha Yadav |
| First female Lawyer | Cornelia Sorabjee |
| First female to do Doctorate of Science | Asima Chatterjee |
First female Indian National Congress President |
Annie Besant |
| First female Supreme Court judge | M. Fathima Beevi |
| First female Physician | Kadambini Ganguly |
| First female to go to Space | Kalpana Chawla |
| First female Monarch of Delhi Sultanate | Razia Sultana |
First female President |
Pratibha Patil |
| First female Governor | Sarojini Naidu |
| First female Railway Minister of India | Mamata Banerjee |
| First female Minister in India | Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit |
| First female Chess Grandmaster | Koneru Humpy |
| First female Pilot (Indian Air Force) | Harita Kaur Deol |
First female To Cross Gobi Desert |
Sucheta Kadethankar |
| First female IAS officer | Isha Basant Joshi |
| First female Bus driver at Delhi Transport Corporation | Sarita |
| First female IPS Officer | Kiran Bedi |
Razia Sultan was born as Raziya al-Din in 1205 in Budaun, Uttar Pradesh. Her full name is “Raziya Begum bint. Shams-ud-Din Iltutmish”