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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 …
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, …
