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Manmohini Zutshi Sahgal Manmohini Zutshi Sahgal, 1909- , political and social worker. Daughter of Lado Rani Zutshi and Ladli Prasad Zutshi, a. relation of Motilal Nehru, she became a …
Saguna Bai Saguna Bai, d. 1748, Mahratha princess. Youngest of the four wives of Raja Shahu, the grandson of Shivaji, she was married to him at Purandar in May …
Safiat-un-Nissa Safiat-un-Nissa, 1680. Mughal princess. Daughter of Aurangzeb’s rebel son, Akbar, she was left with Durgadas, the Rajput chief of Marwar, when Akbar fled to Iran in 1687. She …
Sada Kaur Sada Kaur, d.1832, Sikh princess. Wife of Gurbaksh Singh of the Kanhya Misl, whom she succeeded as the leader of Kanhya misi at her husband’s death, who …
Sachidevi Sachidevi, 1485, Vaishnava devotee, mother of Sri Chaitanya. She was the daughter of Nilambar Chakravarti of Nadia and was married to Jaggannath Mishra, a Brahmin of humble means. …
William Hazlitt William Hazlitt (1778-1830), British essayist. He gave up his early intention to become a Unitarian minister like his father, and instead studied painting. Later he turned to …
Friedrich Hayek Friedrich Hayek (1899-1992), British economist, born in Austria. After graduating from the University of Vienna in 1921, Hayek carried out economic research for the Austrian government From …
Stephen Hawking Stephen Hawking (1942), British theoretical physicist. Since graduating from Oxford University in the mid 1960’s he has held a variety of posts at Cambridge, including Lucasian professor …
