Great Indian Womens

She was the first Indian queen to wage war with the East India Companyin India

• Rani Velu Nachiyar

• Jansi Rani

• Raziya Sultana

• Hazrat Mahal

She was the first woman to hold the office of Governor in the Dominion of India

• Indira Gandhi

• Sarojini Naidu

• Pradeepa Patil

• Kiran Bedi

She is regarded as the first female teacher of India

• Sarojini Naidu

• Dr. Muthu Lakshmi Reddy

• Savitribai Phule

• Indira Gandhi

She was the first Indian woman to fly an aircraft

• Kalpana Chawla

• Sunitha Williams

• Captain P. D. Sharma

• Sarla Thukral

She was the first woman in Indian history to be nominated a member of the Rajya Sabha

• Rukmini Devi Arundale

• Pradeepa Patil

• Nirmala Seetharam

• Kiran Bedi

She was the first female Muslim ruler of the Subcontinent, and the only female Muslim ruler of Delhi.

• Jhansi Rani

• Razia Sultana

• Velu Natchiyar

• Begum Hazrat Mahal

She was the first Tuluva Queen of Ullal who fought the Portuguese in the latter half of the 16th century

• Rani Lakshmi Bai

• Raziya Sultana

• Rani Abbakka Chowta

• Velu Naichiyar

She had a number of firsts to her name: the first female student to be admitted into a men's college

• Dr. Muthu Lakshmi Reddy

• Saroji Naidu

• Kiran Bedi

• Indira Gandhi

the first woman House Surgeon in the Government Maternity and Ophthalmic Hospital

• Dr. Muthu Lakshmi Reddy

• Sarojini Naidu

• Kiran Bedi

• Dr. Jayalalitha

the first woman Legislator in British India, the first Chairperson of the State Social Welfare Advisory Board, the first woman Deputy President of the Legislative Council, and the first Alderwoman of the Madras Corporation Avvai Home.

• Dr. Muthu Lakshmi Raddy

• Dr. Jayalalitha

• Sarojini Naidu

• Pradhiba Patel