Tag: Biography Indian Women
Rai Indar Kunwar Rai Indar Kunwar, 1715-19, Rajput princess. Daughter of Ajit Singh of Jodhpur, her marriage to Emperor Farrukhsiyar on 27 September 1715 was the most glittering event …
Hukman Kaur Hukman Kaur, 1783, Rani of Ritiala. Wife of Raja Sardul Singh (d. 1753) and grandmother of Raja Sahib Singh, it was through her endeavours that the six …
Rani Honnamma Rani Honnamma,17th cent., Kannada poet. A sudra woman, she probably belonged to Yelandur, in Karnataka, and was employed in the palace of the King Chikka Devaraja. She …
Homalata Homalata, early 17th cent, Vaishnava devotee. Daughter of the Vaishnava scholar, Srinivasa Acharya of Budhaipara, she was married to Ramakrishna Chatta of Budhaipara, on Hugh, A the death …
Hazra, Matanga Hazra, Matanga, 1870-1942, martyr. Born in a poor peasant family of Midnapore district in Bengal, she was given away in marriage at a very young age to …
Begum Hazrat Mahal Begum Hazrat Mahal, 1876, Begum of Avadh, and freedom-fighter. One of the wives of Wajid Ali Shah, the last King of Avadh, she was originally named …
Hazarat Beg Am Hazarat Beg Am, 1740, Mughal princess. Daughter of Emperor Muhammad Shah (d. 1748), her youthful beauty had excited the aged emperor Alamgir II who came to …
Hayat Baksh Begum Hayat Baksh Begum, 1667, princess of Golconda. Daughter of Sultan Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah (d. 1612) she was married to his nephew Muhammad Qutb Shah (d. …
