1. Woman Director General of Police: Kanchan Chaudhary Bhattacharya
2. Woman Fully blind IFS officer: Beno Zephine N L
3. Woman jawan in the Army: Sapper Shanti Tigga
4. Woman to reach South Pole: Reena Kaushal Dharmshaktu
5. Woman to win an individual medal: Karnam Malleswari (She won bronze medal in women’s 54kg class weightlifting in the 2000 Summer Olympics Sydney)
6. Woman to win a medal in badminton: Saina Nehwal (She bronze in the London Olympics 2012)
7. Woman to win a silver medal in Summer Olympics: P. V. Sindhu in badminton at the 2016 Summer Olympics
8. First Woman to climb Mount Everest twice: Santosh Yadav
9. Woman to win the Arjuna award: Stephie D’Souza (She won the award in Athletics 1963)
10. Woman to win the Rajiv Gandhi Ratna award: Karnam Malleswari (She won the award in Weightlifting in 1994–95)
11. Woman to win Miss India: Pramila (Esther Victoria Abraham). She won it in 1947
12. Woman to win Miss Universe: Sushmita Sen in 1994
13. Woman to win Miss World: Reita Faria in 1966 (She is also the first Asian to win the title)
14. Woman to win Mrs. World: Aditi Gowitrikar in 2001
15. Woman Lieutenant General: Puneeta Arora
16. Woman Air Vice Marshal: P. Bandopadhyaya
17. Woman to receive Ashoka Chakra: Niraja Bhanot
18. Woman to receive Gyanpith award: Ashapurna Devi
TAGGED WITH: First Women of India, First Women of India In Different Fields