Tag: Biography Indian Women
Mah Chuchak Begum Mah Chuchak Begum Arghan, 1555 Mughal princess. Wife of Humayun’s brother Kamran, whom she married in 1546, she is known for her devotion to her husband. …
Maham Begum Maham Begum, 1506-1530, Mughal princess. Wife of Emperor Babar, whom she married in Herat, Afghanistan, in 1506, she is celebrated as the mother of Humayun (b. 6 …
Maham Anga Maham Anaga, 1562, Mughal nurse. She was the chief nurse of infant Akbar (b. 1542) and became his foster-mother. She came to exercise great influence over the …
Akka Mahadevi Akka Mahadevi, 12th cent., Kannada writer and mystic. Daughter of a Saiva couple of Udutadi, she married unwillingly the prince Kausika to save her parents from his …
Mahadamba Mahadamba, 13th cent., Marathi poet. Probably the earliest of the Marathi woman writers, she flourished during the times of the Yadava king, Mahadeo of Devagiri, who made her …
Luxose, Mary Poonem Luxose, Mary Poonem, 1881, first women Surgeon-General of India. Born in Kerala, in a family of medical practitioners, she was the first woman graduate of Madras …
Lilavati Lilavati, 1150, mathematician. Daughter of the astronomer-mathematician, Bhaskara, she is reputed to be the real author of the great mathematical work known by her name and written in …
Lalleshvvari Lalleshvvari, also known as Lalla Yogishwari, or Lat Diddi, fl. 14th cent., Kashmiri poet and mystic. Born in a Kashmiri pandit family of Pandrenthan, near Srinagar, her life …
