Category: Biography
Gauri Ma Gauri Ma, 1857-1938, educationist and social reformer. Daughter of Parvati Charan Chattopadhya of Sibpur, Howrah, she was originally named Maridani. Inspited by Sri Ramakrishna, she established an …
Gauribai Gauribai, 1759. poet-saint of Gujarat. Born at Giripur, in an enlightened and prosperous household, not much is known of her parentage. She was married at the age of …
Gauharara Begum Gauharara Begum, 1631-1706. Mughal princess. Daughter of Shahjahan and Mumtaz Mahal, she was born at Burhanpur, and it was during her birth that Mumtaz Mahal died, on …
Gargi Gargi, 1000-500 B. C., Woman sage. She was a famous Vedic teacher of ancient times to whom tribute had to be paid at the time of the Vedic …
Ganna Begum Ganna Begum, 1915, Persian beauty. Daughter of the Persian noble Ali Quli K.han, who had migrated in India In 1734, her mother, was originally a dancing girl …
Kadambiri Ganguli Kadambiri Ganguli, 1862. political worker. Daughter of, Brij Kishore Basu, she was married to Dwarkanath Ganguli, anal, was educated in England and was the first woman graduate …
Ganga Devi Ganga Devi, 1361-71, Sanskrit poet. She was the wife of Vira Kampa Raya of Vijayanagar and accompanied her husband on his expeditions against the neighbouring states. She …
Ganga Ganga, 1621, Sikh saint. Wife of the martyred Guru Arjan (d. 1606) she was the mother of his son and successor, the sixth guru Hargobind (b. 1606). She …
