Category: Biography
Leela Damodara Menon Leela Damodara Menon, 1923- , political and social worker. A native of Kerala, she was an active participant in ‘Quit India’ Movement of 1942, distributing banned …
Margaret Cousins Margaret Cousins E., 1878- , social and political worker. Born in Ireland, she was the wife of Dr. James Cousins whom she married in 1903. She was …
Chinna Devi or Nagala Devi Chinna Devi, or Nagala Devi, early 16th cent., queen of Vijayanagar. She was originally a courtesan, but Krishnadeva Raya (1509-30) as a young man, fell …
Chennammji Chennammji, 1702, Queen of Keladi, Vijayanagar. Wife of Somashekhara Nayaka, who along with his brother, Bhadrappa Nayaka, had established themselves in Keladi after the disintegration of the Vijayanagar …
Chewvamba Chewvamba, 1725, Kannada poet and writer: Queen of Dodda Krishnaraja, the ruler of Karnataka, she is known as the author of the long poem Varanandi-Kalyana.” She is also …
Subhadra Kumari Chauhan Subhadra Kumari Chauhan, 1904-1948, writer and freedom fighter. Born in an orthodox middle-class Rajput family of Allahabad, U.P., she was married to Thakur Lakshman Singh, a …
Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay, 1903- , political leader and social worker. Born in a wealthy family of south Karnataka, she was married at a very young age but became …
Charumati Charumati, 1960, princess of Kishangarh. Also known as Rupmati, she was betrothed to Aurangzeb by her brother. As she did not want to marry a Mughal, she wrote …
