Tag: Biography Indian Women
Sati-un-Nissa Sati-un-Nissa, early 17th cent., theologian and teacher. Daughter of a famous Persian physician in the times of Jehangir, her brother was also the poet-laureate to the emperor. Herself …
Sarswati Bai Sarswati Bai, 1658, courtesan. A favourite mistress of Murad (executed 1661) she was allowed to keep company with t/ him during his captivity in Gwalior fort by …
Sarala Devi Sarala Devi, 1904- , political and social worker. Born in an aristocratic family of Cuttack (Orissa) she was married in 1918 to a young nationalist lawyer, Bhagirathi …
Sarada Devi Sarada Devi, 1853-1920, saint. Daughter of Ramachandra Mukhopadhya and Shyamasundari Devi, a poor but pious Bramhin couple of Bengal in Jayarambati, Bankura district of Bengal, she was …
Mridula Sarabhai Mridula Sarabhai, 1911-74, political and social worker. Daughter of the Sarla and Ambalal Sarabhai, the fabulously rich industrialists of Ahmedabad, she became a prominent worker in the …
Sanghamitra Sanghamitra, d. 203 B.C. Buddhist nun and missionary. Daughter of, but according to some, the sister of, Emperor Asoka (d. 232 B.C.) she along with her brother, Mahendra, …
Samyogita Samyogita or Sanjogta, d.1192, Rajput princess. Daughter of Raja Jaichand of Kanauj, she chose Prithviraj (Rai Pithora) of Ajmer for her husband in an open assembly (Swainvara) despite …
Begum Samru Begum Samru, d. 1836, ruler of Sardana, in West U.P. Originally named Zebunissa, she was a Kashmiri dancing girl, and became the concubine of the Alsatian adventurer, …
