Tag: Biography Indian Women
Nellie Sengupta Nellie Sengupta, 1886-1973. freedom fighter. Daughter of Frederick William Gray and Edith Henrietta, she was born in Cambridge, U K. In 1909 she married the Congress leader, …
Lakshmi Sahgal Lakshmi Sahgal, b. 1914- , .freedom-fighter. Originally Lakshmi Swaminathan, she was at Singapore during the Second World War, and organized the Rani Jhansi Regiment of Women for …
Savitri Bai Savitri Bai, 1719, Mahratha princess. One of the wives of Raja Shahu, she had remained under Muglial captivity for 12 years, and was released along with others …
Vijaya Raje Scindia Vijaya Raje Scindia, 1919- , statesman, and educationist. Married to late Jiwaji Rao Scindhia, the former Maharaja of Gwalior, she was elected to Lok Sabha in …
Savitri Bai Savitri Bai, 1677, Mahratha warrior. Wife of the Thanedar of Belvadi, near Belgaum, she, along with her husband, offered resistance to Shivaji when he was returning to …
Savita Behn Savita Behn, 1919- , political and social worker, and educa-tionist. Closely connected with the freedom movement, she was one of the founders of the Women Sevika Dal, …
Satyawati Satyawati, d. 1945. political worker. A granddaughter of the Arya Samaj leader, Swami Shradhanand, she jointed the national movement in 1930 when she was only 23. She was …
Nandini Satpathy Nandini Satpathy, 1931- , political and social worker. Originally a communist worker of Orissa, she was very prominent in workers’ movement and social work particularly amongst women …
