Category: Biography
Sarala Devi Sarala Devi, 1904- , political and social worker. Born in an aristocratic family of Cuttack (Orissa) she was married in 1918 to a young nationalist lawyer, Bhagirathi …
Sarada Devi Sarada Devi, 1853-1920, saint. Daughter of Ramachandra Mukhopadhya and Shyamasundari Devi, a poor but pious Bramhin couple of Bengal in Jayarambati, Bankura district of Bengal, she was …
Mridula Sarabhai Mridula Sarabhai, 1911-74, political and social worker. Daughter of the Sarla and Ambalal Sarabhai, the fabulously rich industrialists of Ahmedabad, she became a prominent worker in the …
Sanghamitra Sanghamitra, d. 203 B.C. Buddhist nun and missionary. Daughter of, but according to some, the sister of, Emperor Asoka (d. 232 B.C.) she along with her brother, Mahendra, …
Samyogita Samyogita or Sanjogta, d.1192, Rajput princess. Daughter of Raja Jaichand of Kanauj, she chose Prithviraj (Rai Pithora) of Ajmer for her husband in an open assembly (Swainvara) despite …
Begum Samru Begum Samru, d. 1836, ruler of Sardana, in West U.P. Originally named Zebunissa, she was a Kashmiri dancing girl, and became the concubine of the Alsatian adventurer, …
Salima Sultana Begum Salima Sultana Begum, d.1612 Mughal princess. Daughter of Gulrukh Begum, and grand-daughter of Babar, she was married in 1558 to Bairam Khan, the regent of Emperor …
Salima Banu Begum Salima Banu Begum, later 17th cent., Mughal princess. Daughter of Sulaiman Shikoh (d. 1662), the son of Dara Shikoh, she was married to Aurangzeb’s youngest son, …
