Category: Biography
Gopikabai Gopikabai, 1788, Mahratha princess. Daughter of Bhikaji Naik Raste, a banker, she was married to Peshwa lialaji Rao in January 1730 when she was only about seven, and …
Avantika Bai Gokhale Avantika Bai Gokhale, 1882-1949, social and political worker. Daughter of a railway employee of Indore, she was married in 1891 to Baban who taught her to …
Ghasiti Begam Ghasiti Begam, 1757, aunt of Nawab Siraj-ud-Daula of Bengal. Eldest daughter of Alivardi Khan, the Nawab of Bengal (1740-56) she was married to Nawazish Muhammad, the son …
Anna Rajam Malhotra Anna Rajam Malhotra, 1927- , civil servant. Born at Calicut, in Kerala, she was the first woman to qualify in the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) in …
Gaytri Devi Gaytri Devi, 1919- , political worker and former maharani of Jaipur. Daughter of a maharaja of Cooch Behar, she was married to Swai Man Singh, the former …
Mahapajapati Gotami Mahapajapati Gotami, 560 B.C., foster mother of the buddha. She was one of the wives of King Suddhodana of Kapilvastu. When her elder sister, Maya Devi, died …
Kisa Gotami Kisa Gotami, fl. ca. 560-480 B.C., Buddist nun. Born of poor parents, she was badly treated by her husband and became lean and thin and so came …
Gauri Parvati Bai Gauri Parvati Bai, 1802, queen of Kerala 1814-29. She was called upon to assume the ruler ship of Travancore when she was only 13. She proved …
