Tag: Biography Indian Women
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 …
Nur Jahan Nur Jahan, d. 1646, Mughal princess, wife of Emperor Jahangir d. (1627). Originally named Mihr-un-Nisa, she was the daughter of Mirza Ghiyas Beg (Itmad-ud-Daula) a Persian refugee, …
Nur Bai Nur Bai, 1739, courtesan. A celebrated singer and dancer of Delhi, she so fascinated the Persian invader Nadir Shah with her performance, that he gave her an …
Sister Nivedita Sister Nivedita, 1867-1911, social and political worker. Originally named Margaret Elizabeth Noble, she was the eldest daughter of Samuel Richmond Noble and Mary Isabel, and was born …
