Category: Biography
Bhikaiji Cama Bhikaiji Cama Rustam, 1861-1936, political worker and revolutionary. Daughter of Sorabji Framji Patel and Jijibai, an affluent Parsi family of Bombay, she was originally named Bhikaji Patel. …
Buwa Begum Buwa Begum, d. ca. 1526, Lodi princess. Mother of Sultan. Ibrahim Lodi, she fell into the hands of Babar after the defeat and death of her son …
Yogindra Mohini Biswas Yogindra Mohini Biswas, 1851-1924, Mystic, and follower of Rarnakrishna. Daughter of Prasanna Kumar Mitra, a well known physician of Calcutta, she was betrothed at the age …
Bibi of Cannanore Bibi of Cannanore, later 18th cent., Moplah ruler of Cannanore, Malabar. Her State was attacked by the British in December 1783, on the charge that she …
Bibi Mubarika Bibi Mubarika, 1519-29, Afghan princess. One of the wives of Emperor Babar, she was the daughter of Malik Sulaiman Shah of Yusafzai tribe of Afghans who were …
Bibi Bai Bibi Bai, 1554 Afghan princess. Sister of Sultan Muhammad Shah Adil, or Adali, she was married to Islam Shah Sur (d. 1553). In May 1954, after the …
Bibi Ambha Bibi Ambha, later 15th cent., Afghan princess, wife of Sultan Buhlol Lodi (d. 1489). Originally a Hindu, she found that the claims of her son, Nizam Khan, …
Bhori Rani Bhori Rani, 1872, Sikh princess. Last of the wives of Maharaja Ranjit Singh of Punjab, she had no child of her own and adopted Bhup Singh as …
