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First Women Climbers and Adventurers of India
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First Women Climbers and Adventurers of India
| Achievement / First | Name | Year / Detail |
|---|---|---|
| First Indian Woman to Scale Mount Everest | Bachendri Pal | 1984 |
| First Woman to Scale Mount Everest Twice | Santosh Yadav | — |
| First Indian Woman to Swim the English Channel | Arati Saha | 1959 |
| First Indian Woman to Cross the Gobi Desert | Sucheta Kadethankar | — |
| First Indian Woman to Swim Across the Strait of Gibraltar | Aarti Pradhan | — |
| First Indian Woman to Reach Antarctica | Meher Moos | — |
| First Indian Female Pilot | Sarla Thakral | 1936 |
| First Indian Woman to Circumnavigate the Globe | Ujwala Rai | — |
| First Women Graduates in India | Kadambini Ganguly and Chandramukhi Basu | 1883 |
| First Female Indian Physician | Anandi Gopal Joshi | — |
| First Female Monarch of the Delhi Sultanate | Razia Sultana | 1236–1240 |
| Youngest Indian to Climb Mount Everest | Malavath Poorna | Scaled at age 13 on May 25, 2014 |
| First Female Amputee to Climb Mount Everest | Arunima Sinha | — |
| First Indian Female Train Driver (Locomotive Pilot) | Surekha Yadav / Mumtaz Kazi | Mumtaz Kazi: first Asian diesel locomotive driver |
| First Indian Female Fighter Pilot (Solo) | Avani Chaturvedi | — |