Tag: Biography Indian Women
Yashoda Bai Yashoda Bai, d. 1811, Mahratha lady. Wife of Peshwa Madhavrao II (d. 1795) she was hardly fifteen when her husband met with an accidental death. She was …
Yamuna Bai Yamuna Bai, d. 1814, Mahratha princess. One of the three widows of Mahadji Scindhia (d. 1794) she was involved, along with the other two in the bitter …
Yakini Mahattara Yakini Mahattara, 7th cent., Jaina scholar. She defeated a Brahmin scholar, Haribhadra, in arguments, who thereupon became her disciple and accepted the Jaina faith. She was vastly …
Preeti Waddadar Preeti Waddadar, d. 1930. revolutionary. She was very closely associated with the Chittagong Armoury Raid, in April 1930. She led an attack on Pahartjli Railway Officers’ Club, …
Vishnupriya Vishnupriya, 1500 Vaishnava devotee. Daughter of a rich court priest, she was married to Chaitanya, then called Vishwambara, when his first wife died. When Chaitanya renounced his home …
Vishakha Vishakha, 560-480 B.C. Buddhist saint. Married to Punna -vaddhana, son of a rich banker of Sravasti, she gave away her enormous wealth to Buddha for the cause of …
Ben kamma Ben kamma, Venkamamba fl. 1840, Telegu saint and poet. Born in an orthodox Brahmin family, she was the daughter of one Krishnayya and his wife Mangamamba, and …
Mahadevi Verma Mahadevi Verma, b. 1917, poet. One of the most famous Hindi poets of the century, she was born at Farrukhabad, U.P., but spent most of her life …
