First in India (Women)

First Women's University	Maharshi Karve starts SNDT University in Pune with five students in 1916.
First Woman to hold a Union Cabinet post	Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
First Woman governor of Independent India	Sarojini Naidu, in charge of United Provinces
First Woman president of UN General Assembly	1953 Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
First Woman Prime Minister of India	1966 Indira Gandhi
First Woman IPS Officer of India	1972 Kiran Bedi
First Woman to win Nobel Peace Prize	1979 Mother Teresa
First Indian Woman to climb Mount Everest	1984 Bachendri Pal
First Indian Woman to win Booker Prize	1997 Arundhati Roy
First Woman President	2007 Pratibha Patil

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