Category: Biography
Duvvuri Subbamma Duvvuri Subbamma, 1887-1964, political and social worker. One of the earliest woman political activities of Andhra Pradesh, she was born in a lower middle-class Brahman family in …
Durgavati Durgavati, 1564, Queen of Gondwana, in Madhya Pradesh. A Chandella princess of Mahoba, famous for her beauty, she made a runaway match with Dalpat Singh of Gondwana, but …
Jeanne Dupleix Jeanne Dupleix, mid. 18th cent., French diplomat. She was originally a widow of a colleague of Dupleix, the French governor of Pondicherry. In 1714, she married Dupleix …
Diwanji Begum Diwanji Begum, early 17 cent., Mughal princess. Daughter of a Persian nobleman, she was the wife of Nur Jahan’s Lrother, Asaf Khan. Her daughter, Arjumand Bann Begum, …
Divalbai Divalbai, 18th cent., poet-saint of Gujarat. Daughter of a poor Brahmin of Dabhoi, near Baroda, she was given to a monk during the great famine of 1781. She …
Dipa Bai Dipa Bai, 1679, Mahratha princess. Wife of Ekoji of Tanjore, the step-brother of Shivaji, she was noted as a wise and influential lady. She advised her husband …
Dilras Banu Begum Dilras Banu Begum, 1657, Mughal princess. Daughter of Shah Nawaz Khan of the Persian royal family, she was married to Aurangzeb on 8 May 1653 who …
Dildar Begum Dildar Begum, 1511-27, Mughal princess, one of the wives of Emperor Babar. Neither her parentage, nor her marriage is mentioned by Babar in his memoirs. She bore …
