| Field | Person |
| » First Muslim to sit on the throne of Delhi | Razia Sultan |
| » First to win Nobel Prize | Mother Theresa |
| » First Indian President of Indian National Congress | Mrs.. Sarojini Naidu |
| » First President of UN General Assembly | Mrs. Vijayalakshmi Pandit |
| » First President of Indian National Congress | Dr. Annie Besant |
| » First Prime Minister | Mrs. Indira Gandhi |
| » First Chief Minister of State | Mrs. Sucheta Kripalani |
| » First Minister | Mrs. Vijayalakshmi Pandit |
| » First Central Minister | Rajkumari Amrit Kaur |
| » First Speaker of Lok Sabha | Mrs. Shanno Devi |
| » First Governor of a State | Mrs. Sarojini Naidu |
| » First to swim across the English Channel | Mrs. Arti Shah |
| » First to climb Mount Everest | Bachhendri Pal |
| » First Judge of Supreme Court | Ms M. Fathima Beevi |
| » First Judge of a High Court | Anna Chandi |
| » First Chief Justice of a High Court | Ms. Leila Seth |
| » First Advocate | Cornelia Sorabji |
| » First IAS Officer | Anna George Malhotra |
| » First IPS Officer | Kiran Bedi |
| » First Doctor | Kadambini Ganguli |
| » First Chief Engineer | Mrs. P.K. Thresia |
| » First Magistrate | Mrs. Omana Kunjamma |
| » First editor of English newspaper | Dina Vakil |
| » First to be crowned Miss Universe | Sushmita Sen |
| » First to be crowned Miss India | Reita Faria |
| » First to be crowned Miss World | Reita Faria |
| » First DGP | Kanchan Chowdhry Bhattacharya |
| » Youngest to Climb Mount Everest | Dicky Dolma (19) from Manali -1993 |
| » First to climb Mount Everest two times | Santosh Yadav (ITBF Officer) -1993 |
| » First to receive a Sena Medal | Constable Bimla Devi (CRPF) - 1990 |
| » First to circumnavigate (sail round the world) | Ujwala Rai |
