| Woman (Muslim) Ruler of India ------ Razia Sultana (1236-1240) |
| Woman Advocate ------------------- Cornelia Sorabji (1894) |
Woman Ambassador ------------------ Vijayalakshmi Pandit
(U.S.S.R., 1947-1949) |
| Woman at Antarctica ----------------- Meher Moos (1976) |
| Woman Central Minister -------------- Rajkumari Amrit Kaur (Health) |
| Woman Chief Justice (High Court) -- Leila Seth (Himachal Pradesh, 1991) |
Woman Chief Minister ----------------- Sucheta Kriplani
(Uttar Pradesh, 1963-1967) |
| Woman Foreign Minister -------------- Lakshmi N. Menon (1957-1966) |
| Woman Secretary General of Rajya Sabha --- V.S.Rama Devi (1993) |
Woman Governor --------------------- Sarojini Naidu
(Uttar Pradesh, 1963-1967) |
| Woman IAS Officer ----------------- Anna Rajam George (1950) |
| Woman IPS Officer ----------------- Kiran Bedi (1974) |
| Woman Jet Commander ------------ Saudamini Deshmukh |
Woman Jnanpith Award Winner ----- Ashapurna Devi, Prathama
Pratishruti (1976) |
| Woman Judge of Supreme Court ----- Meera Sahib Fatima Beevi (1989) |
Woman Minister of State ------------- Vijayalakshmi Pandit
(Uttar Pradesh, 1937) |
Woman Missionary -------------------- Sanghamitra, daughter of King
Ashoka (Sri Lanka, 3rd C.BC) |
| Woman Pilot (Commercial) -------- Prem Mathur (Deccan Airways, 1951) |
| Woman Pilot (Indian Airlines) ----- Durga Banerjee (1966-1988) |
| Woman President of Indian National Congress --- Annie Besant (1917) |
| Woman President of UN General Assembly -- Vijayalakshmi Pandit (1953) |
| Woman Prime Minister -------------- Indira Gandhi (1966-1977, 1980-1984) |
| Woman Sahitya Akademi Award Winner --- Amrita Pritam, Sunehre (1956) |
| Woman to climb Mount Everest ----- Bachendri Pal (1984) |
| Woman to perform a solo Flight ---- Harita Kaur Deol (1944) |
| Woman to swim across English Channel ---- Arati Saha (1959) |
| Woman to swim across the Strait of Gibraltar --- Arti Pradhan |
| Woman to win an Asian Gold ------- Kamaljit Sandhu (1970) |
| Woman to go in Space ------------- Dr. Kalpana Chawla (November 1997) |