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

She is regarded as the first female teacher of India

She was the first Indian woman to fly an aircraft

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

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

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

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

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

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.

She was the first woman with close Indian ties to get the 1979 Nobel Peace Prize.

The great national leader and poet .................... called her "Nightingale of India"

She was the first musician ever to be awarded the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian honour

she became a founding member of the All-India Women's Conference (AIWC) and was its first Organizing Secretary.

the first woman of Indian origin to go to space.

she then became the first woman in her state to get a law degree.

She was the first Indian scientist to have received the Padma Shri Award in 1977

She was the first and, to date, only female Prime Minister of India

She was the first female graduate from Bombay University, the first woman to study law at Oxford University, and the first female advocate in India.

the first Indian as well as South Asian female physician, trained in western medicine, to graduate in South Asia.

the first Indian woman commercial pilot and started flying for Deccan Airways.

She was the first woman to receive a Doctorate of Science from an Indian university

she became the first Indian sportswoman to be awarded the Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian honour in India

the first Indian woman fighter pilot to fly the ‘MiG-21 Bison’ solo.

the first Indian woman to assume the position of Chief Economist at IMF - the International Monetary Fund.

She was the first Indian woman to visit Antarctica in 1983

She was the first Indian woman to have bagged a PhD degree in the scientific discipline

She was the first Indian woman physician and the first woman to have graduated with a two-year degree in Western Medicine in the United States

first full-time female Finance Minister.

She was the first female officer in India and in the Air Force