Category: Biography
Prabhavati Devi Prabhavati Devi, 1906-73, political and social worker. Daughter of Kishore Prasad of Bihar, an associate of Mahatma Gandhi, she was the wife of Jayaprakash Narayan. She worked …
Patachara Patachara, 560-480 B.C., Buddhist nun. Daughter of a rich trader of Sravasti, she married a youth of his own choice which displeased her parents, and she left her …
Parthal Parthal, later named Nahal, fl.1405-68, Bahmani princess. Daughter of a Brahman goldsmith of Mudkal, in Raichur doab, on the outskirts of the Vijayanagar empire, she rejected the proposal …
Fanny Parkes Fanny Parkes 1822-48, traveller. She came to India in 1822 with her husband and travelled widely all over northern India till 1839. She came to India again …
Zeba Chehra Pari Chehra, or Zeba Chehra, 1436-57, Bahmani queen, Daughter of a Raja of Sangameshwar, in Konkar, she was formally given away in marriage to the Bahmani sultan, …
Panna Panna, 1528-40, Rajput nurse. She was a nurse of Udai Singh, the posthumous child of Rana Sanga (d. 1528). His cousin, Banbir Singh, who had murdered his brother, …
Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit, 1900- , statesman. Daughter of Motilal Nehru and younger sister of Jawaharlal Nehru, she was born at Allahabad on 18 August 1900. She …
Padmavati Padmini, or Padmavati, d.1303, Rajput princess. Queen of Rana Ratan Singh of Chittor, she was celebrated all over the country for her beauty. Sultan Ala-ud-Din Khilji of Delhi …
