Tag: Biography Indian Women
Chennammji Chennammji, 1702, Queen of Keladi, Vijayanagar. Wife of Somashekhara Nayaka, who along with his brother, Bhadrappa Nayaka, had established themselves in Keladi after the disintegration of the Vijayanagar …
Chewvamba Chewvamba, 1725, Kannada poet and writer: Queen of Dodda Krishnaraja, the ruler of Karnataka, she is known as the author of the long poem Varanandi-Kalyana.” She is also …
Subhadra Kumari Chauhan Subhadra Kumari Chauhan, 1904-1948, writer and freedom fighter. Born in an orthodox middle-class Rajput family of Allahabad, U.P., she was married to Thakur Lakshman Singh, a …
Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay, 1903- , political leader and social worker. Born in a wealthy family of south Karnataka, she was married at a very young age but became …
Charumati Charumati, 1960, princess of Kishangarh. Also known as Rupmati, she was betrothed to Aurangzeb by her brother. As she did not want to marry a Mughal, she wrote …
Channamma Channamma, 1778-1829, Rani of Kittur, Belgaum Dist., Maharostra. She continued to resist the British even after the fall of the Peshwa in 1818. It was only in 1829, …
Chandi Chandi, Justice Anna, b. 1905, judge. Born in Trivandrum (Kerala) she was one of the earliest lady students to graduate from Travancore State. She enrolled herself as an …
Chandravati Chandravati, early 18th cent., Vaishnava poet of Bengal. Only daughter of the poet and singer, Bansidas of Mymensing, she inherited much of her literary gifts from her father. …
