Tag: Biography Indian Women
Madhav Vinayak Kibe Madhav Vinayak Kibe, 1885, social worker. Born at Kolhapur, in Maharashtra, she was married to Sardar Madhavrao Kibe. She was closely associated with Mahatma Gandhi and …
Khujjuttara Khujjuttara, 560-480 B.C., Buddhist saint. She was named Khujjuttara (`Hunch-backed Uttara’) as she was hunch-backed from her birth. An attendant to Queen Samavati of Kausambi, she was in the …
Khas Mahal, Nawab Khas Mahal, Nawab, 1856, princess of Avadh. She was the principal consort of Wajid All Shah (deposed 1856) the last ruler of Avadh, who bought a …
Khanzada Begum Khanzada Begum, 1478-1545, Mughul princess, eldest sister of Emperor Babar. Daughter of Umar Shaikh Mirza and Qutluq Nigar, she was a full sister of Babar and elder …
Khair-un-Nissa Khair-un-Nissa, d. ca. 1805, Hyderabadi beauty. Daughter of a noble family of Persian descent of Hyderabad, she fell in love with Major James Kirkpatrick, the British Resident at …
Khadija Zaman Begum Khadija Zaman Begum, 1797, princess of Mysore. Daughter of Syed Saheb of Mysore, she became one of the wives of Tipu Sultan in 1795. S he …
Kempananjammani Avaru Kempananjammani Avaru, 1866-1935, queen of Mysore. She was the widow of Maharaja Chama Rajendra Wodeyar who died suddenly in 1894, and became regent to her 10 years …
Rajpati Kaul Rajpati Kaul, 1949, freedom-fighter. Mother of Kamla Nehru, and grandmother of Indira Gandhi, she was the wife of Jawahar-mal Kaul of Delhi. She participated in the Civil …
