| Category | Name |
| President of India | Pratibha Patil, 2007 |
| Prime Minister of India | Indira Gandhi, 1966 |
| Central Minister in a government | Rajkumari Amrit Kaur (1947-52) |
| Railway Minister of India | Mamata Banerjee (2009-2011) |
| Speaker of the Lok Sabha | Meira Kumar (2009-14) |
| Chairperson of Rajya Sabha | Violet Alva (1962-69) |
| Governor | Sarojini Naidu, Uttar Pradesh (1947–1949) |
| Chief Minister | Sucheta Kripalani, Uttar Pradesh (1963–1967) |
| Speaker of State Assembly | Mrs. Shano Devi |
| Nominated member of the Rajya Sabha | Rukmini Devi Arundale ( 1920-1986) |
| Nobel Prize | Mother Teresa (1979) |
| Bharat Ratna | Indira Gandhi (1980) |
| Chief Justice of a High Court | Leila Seth, 1991 (Himachal Pradesh) |
| Supreme Court judge | Kumari Fathima Beevi (1989) |
| High Court Judge | Anna Chandy (1948) |
| Lawyer | Cornelia Sorabji, 1892 |
| Honours Graduate | Kamini Roy, 1886 |
| Graduates | Kadambini Ganguly and Chandramukhi Basu, 1883 |
| Doctorate of Science | Asima Chatterjee, 1944 |
| Director General of Police | Kanchan Chaudhary Bhattacharya, 1973 |
| IPS Officer | Kiran Bedi, 1972 |
| IAS officer | Anna Rajan George, 1950 |
| Indian National Congress President | Annie Besant,1917 |
| Chairperson of State Bank of India | Arundhati Bhattacharya, 2013 |
| Chairman of UPSC | Roze Millian Bethew |
| Airline Pilot | Durba Banerjee, 1956 |
| Chairperson of Indian Airlines | Sushma Chawla, 2005 |
| President of Indian Science Congress | Dr. Ashima Chatterjee |
| Woman Ambassador | C.B. Muthamma |
| Mount Everest | Bachendri Pal, 1984 |
| In space | Kalpana Chawla |
| Gold Medal in Asian Games | Kamaljeet Sandhu, 1970 |
| Magasasay Award | Kamladevi Chattopadhyay |
| Miss Universe | Sushmita Sen |
| Miss World | Rita Faria |
| To Climb Mount Everest twice | Santosh Yadav |
| Jnanpith Award | Ashapurna Devi |
| Sahitya Akademi Award | Amrita Pritam |
| Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna | Karnam Malleswari |
| Olympic Medal | Karnam Malleswari |
| WTA Title | Sania Mirza |
| Lieutenent General | Puneeta Arora |
| Vice admiral of Indian Navy | Puneeta Arora |
| Ashoka Chakra | Nirja Bhanot |
| Commercial Pilot | Prem Mathur |
| Woman to qualify for Olympic Games | Sini Abrahim |
| Cross Gobi Desert | Sucheta Kadethankar |
| Pilot in Indian Air Force | Harita Kaur Deol |
| Grand Slam junior title | Sania Mirza, 2003 Wimbledon Championships |
| Chess Grandmaster | Koneru Humpy, 2002 |
| Member of Legion of Honour | Asha Pande |
| Monarch of Delhi Sultanate | Razia Sultan |
| To cross English Channel | Aarti Saha |
| Physician | Kadambini Ganguly |
| President of the UN General Assembly | Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit, 1953 |
| Air Vice Marshal | Padmavathy Bandopadhyay |
| Head a Navratna PSU company | Nishi Vasudeva |
| External Affairs Minister | Sushma Swaraj |
| Women’s Doubles Grand Slam trophy | Sania Mirza |
| Gymnast to qualify for Olympics | Dipa Karmakar |
| Boxer to win an Olympic Medal | MC Mary Kom |
| Shuttler to win an Olympic Medal | Saina Nehwal, 2015 |
| Wrestler to win an Olympic Medal | Sakshi Malik, 2016 |
| Athlete to reach the final of a track event at the Olympics | Lalita Babar, 2016 |