| Name | Achievement |
| Bachendri Pal | First Indian woman to reach the Mount Everest summit |
| Deepa Malik | First woman to win a medal at the Paralympics |
| PriyaJhingan | First Lady Cadet to join Indian Army |
| P.V Sindhu | First Indian woman to win an Olympic silver medal |
| Ayesha Aziz | The youngest pilot in India and the first female pilot from Kashmir |
| Nicole Faria | First Indian woman to win the Miss Earth title |
| Radhika Menon | India’s first female Merchant Navy Captain |
| KarnamMalleswari | First Indian weightlifter to win an Olympic medal. |
| Surekha Yadav | First Indian Woman train driver of passenger train |
| Heena Sidhu | First woman to win Gold in World Cup Shooting |
| Sunil Dabas | First woman kabaddi coach to win Dronacharya Award. |
| BhagyashreeThipsay | First woman to win International Grand Master- Chess |
| Flying Officer Bhawana Kanth | IAF’s first batch of female fighter pilots |
| Flying Officer AvaniChaturvedi | IAF’s first batch of female fighter pilots |
| Flying Officer Mohana Singh | IAF’s first batch of female fighter pilots |
| AnshuJamsenpa | First Indian woman to scale Mt. Everest for fifth time |
| Anju Mangla | First woman Superintendent in Tihar Men’s Jail |
| MuskanSethi | India’s First woman to Play Professional Poker |
| ChhaviRajawat | India’s first woman Sarpanch. |
| Alisha Abdullah | India’s first F1 women racer, India’s first female national racing champion |
| Arunima Sinha | First differently abled female to climb Mount Everest |
| HarshiniKanhekar | First female fire fighter |
| VankadarathSaritha | Delhi’s First Female Bus Driver |
| KiranMazumdar Shaw | First Indian business woman to reach 1 billion dollar net-worth: Biocon |
| Sunalini Menon | Asia’s first professional woman coffee taster |
| ShilaDawre | Country’s first woman autorickshaw driver |
| P. T. Usha | First Indian woman to reach the final of an Olympic event |
| Bula Choudhury | First woman in the world to swim across sea channels of five continents |
| Chetna Sinha | Founder of first rural bank for women in India |
| Bhakti Sharma | First Asian woman and the youngest in the world to set a record in open swimming in Antarctic waters |
| ShatbhiBasu | India’s first ever female bartender |
| Archy J | India’s first female bagpipe artist |
| Indian Women’s Ice Hockey Team | First ever Indian National Women’s Ice Hockey team |
| VenikaMitra | Director of First Indian film to win an award at Short Film Fest in Cannes at Beyond Border: Diversity in Cannes Short Film Showcase. |
| Urvashi Butalia | India’s first feminist publishing house |
| Tanvi Shah | First Indian woman to win a Grammy Award |
| Geeta Phogat | India’s first ever gold medallist in wrestling at the Commonwealth Games in 2010. |
| Indushree | First female ventriloquist (specialist in dummy act) in India |
| Selvi Gowda | Former child bride becomes India’s ‘first female taxi driver’ |
| Mamta Devi | First competitive female body builder |
| Manju | Rajasthan’s first woman porter in the entire North-Western Railway region.v
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| Diana Edulji | First ODI captain of the first-ever Indian Women’s Cricket Team |
| Ruveda Salam | A doctor and Kashmir’s first woman IPS officer |
| Dhanya Menon | India’s first woman Cybercrime Investigator |
| UpasanaTaku | First woman to lead a payments start up |
| Michelle Kakade | First woman to run Golden Quadrilateral by foot in fastest time |
| Sneha Kamath | Founder of India’s first car driving training centre for women. |
| Neeru Chadha | First Indian Woman Judge of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea |
| Shirin Merchant | First Indian to have been invited to the Association of Professional Pet Dog Trainers (APDT) conference |
| Ira Singhal | First differently-abled woman to top Civil Services Exam |
| Pankaj Bhadouria | First woman to win Master Chef India |
| SainaNehwal | First badminton player to win an Olympic medal |
| Aditi Pant | First Indian woman to reach Antarctica |
| Chitra Ramakrishna | First MD & CEO of the National Stock Exchange (NSE) |
| Anuradha Pal | First and the youngest Indian musician to perform at the WOMAD (World of Music, Art and Dance) Festival |
| Tessy Thomas | First woman scientist to head a missile project in India |
| Ruchi Sharma | First operational woman Paratrooper |
| Anjuli Shukla | She is the only Indian till date who won the National Film Award for Best Cinematography |
| AratiSaha | First Indian woman to swim across the English Channel |
| MC Mary Kom | First Indian woman to win a medal in Asian Games 2014 for boxing. |
| DurgabaiKamat | First actress of Indian Cinema |
| Mary PoonenLukose | First female surgeon of India |
| Captain Shoba K. Mani | First Indian woman to setup an airline namely “North East Shuttles” |
| Praveena Solomon | First woman to run a crematorium |
| Sakshi Malik | First Indian woman wrestler to win an Olympic medal. |
| DipaKarmakar | First Indian-woman gymnast to qualify for the Rio Olympics in 52 years |
| IshitaMalaviya | India’s first professional woman surfer |
| Siddhi Karnani | Founder of India’s First organic food startup, Paravata Foods |
| Radhika Aggarwal | Founder of “Shopclues”, crossed 1 billion dollars in revenue |
| Pooja Warier | First female founder of an incubator “UnLTD” dedicated to social entrepreneurs. |
| Sunita Sharma | First woman cricket coach |
| Kalpana Chawla | First Indian woman in space |
| Rajeshwari Chatterjee | First Woman Scientist to pioneer the Field of Microwave Engineering and Antennae Engineering in India |
| Dr. Aban Mistry | India’s First Woman Tabla Maestro |
| Dr. Bharati Lavekar | First MLA to launch India’s first digital bank for sanitary pads |
| Mithali Raj | First woman cricketer to go record 6000-run mark |
| Sucheta Pal | First Indian to attain the position of Global Brand Ambassador for India as the Master Trainer in Zumba. |
| Dr. S. Padmavati | The first woman cardiologist in India |
| Sajida Khan | First Female Music Technician |
| FathimaBeevi | First female judge to be appointed to the Supreme Court |
| Kamala Sohonie | First Indian woman with Ph.D. In Science |
| Sania Mirza | First Indian woman to be ranked no.1 in Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) Double rankings |
| MsBenoZephine | First visually-impaired woman to join the Indian Foreign Service |
| Ms. RajaniGopalkrishna (visually-impaired) | First Chartered Accountant with disability |
| VijayalakshmiSubbaraman | First female grandmaster (chess) |
| NeeluRohmetra | First woman to head an IIM |
| Chandrani Prasad Verma | First female mining engineer |
| NainaLalKidwai | First woman president of FICCI |
| Anila Jacob | First woman sculptor to receive a national award in 1965 |
| ShobanaKamineni | First woman Head of CII |
| ArunaRajePatil | The first trained woman technician in the film industry. |
| Dr. Indira Hinduja | First Indian Gynecologist to deliver India’s first test tube baby |
| Upasna Makati | creator of India’s first English lifestyle magazine in Braille |
| Nivedita Joshi | First yoga book in Braille |
| Padma Sachdev | First modern woman poet of Dogri language |
| KalamandalamHemalatha | Sets Guinness World Record for Longest Dance |
| Dr. Varsha Agrawal | First Indian Lady of international recognition for her performance on Santoor. |
| K.S. Chitra | First Female singer to be honoured by House Of Commons, British Parliament, United Kingdom. |
| Kajal Singh | India’s first female graffiti artist |
| Tara Anand | First young artist reviving India’s forgotten female warriors using ‘digital art’ |
| Dr. Asha Pande | First Indian woman to be the member of Legion of Honour |
| RajaniPandit | First woman detective of India |
| Kavita Devi | First Indian Woman to sign with WWE |
| FouziaDastango | India’s First Woman Dastangoi Artiste |
| BasantiBisht | The first and only woman who sings the ancient form of Jagar. |
| Dr. Sneh Bhargava | India’s first female director of AIIMS |
| Swati Piramal | The first woman President of India’s Apex Chamber of Commerce, ASSOCHAM |
| Lt Col (Retd.) Josycila Farida Rehana | First woman paratrooper of the Indian Army (AMC) |
| Debjani Ghosh | First woman to be appointed as NASSCOM President |
| Anjum Chopra | First woman cricketer from India to be awarded an honorary life membership of the Marylebone Cricket Club -(MCC). |
| Aishwarya Rai Bachchan | The first Indian actress to be a jury member at the Cannes Film Festival |
| BharulataKamble | First woman driver in the world to complete a transcontinental car journey alone, covering 32,000km spread across 32 countries |
| Shailja Chandra | Delhi's First woman chief secretary |
| Aruna Asaf Ali (1958) | Delhi’s First Mayor |
| Anita Sood | Fastest Asian to swim across the English Channel |
| Kantha Talwar | First Asian woman magistrate appointed in United Kingdom |
| Lata Patel | First Asian woman mayor in United Kingdom |
| Sarojini Naidu (1925) | First Indian woman President of Indian National Congress |
| M.C.Merykom | First Indian woman boxer to win an international event |
| Fatima Begum | First Indian woman producer and director |
| Sushmita Sen (1994) | First Indian woman to become Miss Universe |
| Reita Faria (1966) | First Indian woman to become Miss World |
| Arati Saha | First Indian woman to swim across the English Channel |
| Karnam Malleshwari | First Indian woman to win a medal in an Olympic event |
| Lara Dutta | First Miss Universe of the new millennium |
| Pratibha Patil | First Woman President of India |
| Rajkumari Amrit Kaur | First woman Central Minister |
| Sucheta Kriplani | First woman Chief Minister of an Indian state |
| Justice M. Fatima Beevi (1997) | First woman Governor of Tamil Nadu |
| Sarojini Naidu | First woman Governor of an Indian state |
| Kiran Bedi | First woman IPS Officer of India |
| Justice M. Fatima Beevi (1989) | First woman Judge of the Supreme Court |
| Vijay Lakshmi Pandit | First woman Minister of an Indian state |
| Annie Besant (1917) | First woman President of Indian National Congress |
| Vijay Lakshmi Pandit (1953-54) | First woman President of UN General Assembly |
| Indira Gandhi | First woman Prime Minister of India |
| Kavali Prathibha Bharati | First woman Speaker of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly |
| Shano Devi | First woman Speaker of an Indian state |
| Leila Seth | First woman chief justice of a High Court |
| Nargis Dutt | First woman film star to be a member of Rajya Sabha |
| Anna Chandy | First woman judicial officer |
| Padma Bandhopadhyay | First woman officer of the Indian Air Force (IAF) to be promoted to the rank of air commodore |
| Bader Sayeed | First woman to head any Wakf board in India |
| Indira Gandhi | First woman winner of the Bharat Ratna |
| Asha Bhonsle | Grandma Madonna from India |
| Durba Banerjee | India's first commercial pilot |
| Surekha Yadao | India's first woman railway driver |
| Dr Aban Mistry | |
| Astha | India's officially recognized billionth citizen |
| Durba Banerjee | World's first woman Airbus pilot |
| Arati Pradhan | Youngest Indian to swim across the English Channel |
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