Tag: Biography Indian Women
Devi Devi, 3rd cent., B.C., queen of Asoka. Daughter of a merchant, of Bedisa (now in Madhya Pradesh) she caught the eye of young Asoka (d. 232 B.C.) when …
Durgabai Deshmukh Durgabai Deshmukh, 1910- , political and social worker. Born in a village near Rajamundry in Andhra Pradesh, she was married at the age of eight years, …
Kamala Das Gupta Kamala Das Gupta, 1907, revolutionary and social worker. Born in a respectable Bengali family of Dacca, she came under the influence of the revolutionary movement while …
Santi Das Santi Das 1916, revolutionary. Daughter of Devendranath Ghose, she joined the Jugantar party of Bengal while in her teens. She along with her colleague, Suniti, shot dead …
Bina Das Bina Das, 1911, revolutionary. Daughter of Sarla and Benimadhav Das of Calcutta, she took a prominent part in the demonstration against the Simon Commission, and served as …
Leela Damodara Menon Leela Damodara Menon, 1923- , political and social worker. A native of Kerala, she was an active participant in ‘Quit India’ Movement of 1942, distributing banned …
Margaret Cousins Margaret Cousins E., 1878- , social and political worker. Born in Ireland, she was the wife of Dr. James Cousins whom she married in 1903. She was …
Chinna Devi or Nagala Devi Chinna Devi, or Nagala Devi, early 16th cent., queen of Vijayanagar. She was originally a courtesan, but Krishnadeva Raya (1509-30) as a young man, fell …
