Tag: Biography Indian Women
Rani Gaidinliu Rani Gaidinliu1915- , Naga queen and freedom fighter. She was the daughter of Lothonang, an influential chief of Nung Kao village in west Manipur. While only 13, …
Fattoh Fattoh, 1765, Rani of Patiala. Daughter of Chowdhari Khan, a zamindar of Kalka, she was married t,) Ala Singh of Patiala, and was his only wife. She bore …
Fatima Fakh-un-Nissa Fatima or Fakh-un-Nissa, fl. mid 18th cent., wife of Hyder Ali of Mysore. Daughter of Mir Muin-ud-Din, a governor of Cuddapah, she married Hyder Ali of Mysore, …
Faridonji, Rustomji Faridonji, Rustomji, 1956, social worker. Prominent in the work for civic and political rights of women, she was an associate of Margaret Cousins. She also worked for …
Fakhr-un-Nisa Begum Fakhr-un-Nisa Begum, 1564, Afghan princess. She was the daughter of Malt Chuchak Begum of Kabul, and was married by her mother to Abu’l-Mali, a fugitive who had …
Duvvuri Subbamma Duvvuri Subbamma, 1887-1964, political and social worker. One of the earliest woman political activities of Andhra Pradesh, she was born in a lower middle-class Brahman family in …
Durgavati Durgavati, 1564, Queen of Gondwana, in Madhya Pradesh. A Chandella princess of Mahoba, famous for her beauty, she made a runaway match with Dalpat Singh of Gondwana, but …
Jeanne Dupleix Jeanne Dupleix, mid. 18th cent., French diplomat. She was originally a widow of a colleague of Dupleix, the French governor of Pondicherry. In 1714, she married Dupleix …
