Sarojini Naidu was the first female governor of an Indian state, governing Uttar Pradesh from 1947 to 1949. Kiran Bedi was the first woman to join the Indian Police Service in India. M. Fathima Beevi was the first female judge appointed to the Supreme Court of India and the first Muslim woman appointed to the higher judiciary in the country. Indira Gandhi was the first and only female Prime Minister of India to date.

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5. Sarojini Naidu was the first female to become the
governor of an Indian state. She governed Uttar
Pradesh from 15 August 1947 to 2 March 1949.
Her daughter, Padmaja Naidu, is the longest-
serving governor with 11-year tenure in West
Bengal.
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6. Kiran Bedi
Kiran Bedi. Kiran Bedi (born 9 June 1949) is a retired Indian Police
Service officer, social activist, former tennis player and politician who is
the current Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry. She is the first woman
to join the Indian Police Service (IPS).
The first women IPS officer of India

7. M. Fathima Beevi
Fathima Beevi. M. Fathima Beevi (born 30 April 1927) is a
former judge of the Supreme Court of India. Appointed to the
tribunal in 1989, she became the first female judge to be a
part of the Supreme court of India, and the first Muslim
woman to be appointed to any of the higher judiciaries in
country.
The first lady supreme court judge of India

8. Kalpana Chawla was an American astronaut and the first
woman of Indian origin to go to space. She first flew on
Space Shuttle Columbia in 1997 as a mission specialist and
primary robotic arm operator.
Born: 17 March 1962, Karnal
Died: 1 February 2003, Texas, United States
Space missions: STS-87, STS-107
Spouse: Jean-Pierre Harrison (m. 1983–2003)
Awards: Congressional Space Medal of Honor, NASA
Distinguished Service Medal, NASA Space Flight Medal
Education: University of Colorado Boulder (1988).

9. Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi was an Indian politician,
stateswoman and a central figure of the Indian National
Congress. She was the first and, to date, the only female Prime
Minister of India. Indira Gandhi was the daughter of
Jawaharlal Nehru, the first prime minister of India. Wikipedia
Born: 19 November 1917, Allahabad
Spouse: Feroze Gandhi (m. 1942–1960)
Assassinated: 31 October 1984, New Delhi
Prime Minister: Lal Bahadur Shastri
Parents: Jawaharlal Nehru, Kamala Nehru
Education: Somerville College, Oxford, La Châtaigneraie,

10. Sarla Thakral was the first Indian woman to
fly an aircraft. Born in 1914, she earned an
aviation pilot license in 1936 at the age of 21
and flew a Gypsy Moth solo. She had a four-
year-old daughter. Wikipedia
Born: 1914, New Delhi
Died: 15 March 2008
Spouse(s): P. D. Sharma, R.P Thakral
Nationality: Indian, British Raj

11. Anna Rajam Malhotra was an Indian
Administrative Service officer. She was
the first woman in India to hold this
position. Malhotra belonged to the 1951
batch of the IAS and married R. N.
Malhotra, her batchmate.Wikipedia
Born: 17 July 1927 (age
91 years), Niranam

12. Bachendri Pal is an Indian mountaineer, who in 1984
became the first Indian woman to reach the summit
of Mount Everest. Wikipedia
Born: 24 May 1954 (age 64 years), Uttarkashi
Nationality: Indian
Education: Nehru Institute of Mountaineering
Main discipline: Mountaineer and; Promoter
for Adventure
Awards: Padma Shri
Parents: Shri Kishan Singh Pal, Hansa Devi

13. Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit was an Indian diplomat and
politician, the sister of Jawaharlal Nehru, the aunt of
Indira Gandhi and the grand-aunt of Rajiv Gandhi,
each of whom served as Prime Minister of
India. Wikipedia
Born: 18 August 1900, Allahabad
Died: 1 December 1990, Dehradun
Spouse: Ranjit Sitaram Pandit (m. 1921–1944)
Previous offices: Member of the Lok Sabha (1967–
1971), MORE
Parents: Motilal Nehru, Swaruprani Thussu