| 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 |
| First Woman Speaker of Lok Sabha | 2009 Meira Kumar |
| First Indian Woman to become "Miss World" | Rita Faria |
| First Woman judge in Supreme Court | Mrs. Meera Sahib Fatima Bibi |
| First Woman Ambassador | Miss C.B. Muthamma |
| First Woman to climb Mount Everest twice | Santosh Yadav |
| First Woman President of the Indian National Congress | Mrs. Annie Besant |
| First Woman Chief Minister of an Indian State | Mrs. Sucheta Kripalani |
| First Woman chairman of Union Public Service Commission | Roze Millian Bethew |
| First Woman Director General of Police (DGP) | Kanchan Chaudhary Bhattacharya |
| First Woman Lieutenant General | Puneeta Arora |
| First Woman Air Vice Marshal | P. Bandopadhyaya |
| First Woman chairperson of Indian Airlines | Sushama Chawala |
| First &Last Muslim Woman ruler of Delhi | Razia Sultan |
| First Woman to receive Ashoka Chakra | Niraja Bhanot |
| First Woman to cross English Channel | Arati Saha |
| First Woman to receive Bharat Ratna | Indira Gandhi |
| First Woman to receive Gyanpith Award | Ashapurna Devi |
| First Woman Headmistress in school | Savitribai Phule |
| First Indian woman who reached Antarctica | Mahel Musa |
Great Wall of China This newly elected world wonder was built along China's northern border over many centuries to keep out invading Mongol tribes. Constructed between the fifth century B.C. and the 16th century, the Great Wall is the world's longest human-made structure, stretching some 4,000 miles (6,400 kilometers). The best known section was built around 200 B.C. by the first emperor of China, Qin Shi Huang Di. Petra, Jordan Perched on the edge of the Arabian Desert, Petra was the capital of the Nabataean kingdom of King Aretas IV (9 B.C. to A.D. 40). Petra is famous for its many stone structures such as a 138-foot-tall (42-meter-tall) temple carved with classical facades into rose-colored rock. The ancient city also included tunnels, water chambers, and an amphitheater, which held 4,000 people. The desert site wasn't known to the West until Swiss explorer Johann Ludwig Burckhardt came across it in 1812. Christ the Redeemer The 105-foot-tal...
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