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Sayeed Sultana : Wonder Girl From Hyderabad Who Stunned the World of Table Tennis

Sayeed Sultana was India’s table tennis national champion in 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953 and 1954. Her family migrated to Pakistan in 1956. She too went to Pakistan and continued playing and won championships in 1956, 1957, and 1958. She was the table tennis national champion of Pakistan. In 1959, she retired and passed away on 15th September, 2005.

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BiharFreedom MovementWomen

जुर्माना अदा करने की बात पर जब बेगम हसन इमाम ने जज से कहा : क्या अंग्रेज़ी क़ानून इतना ही मज़बूत है की कोई पैसा दे कर छूट जाए ?

वो दौर 1930 का था जब बेगम हसन इमाम अपने शौहर के कंधे से कंधा मिला कर अंग्रेज़ो की मुख़ाल्फ़त

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SportsWomen

सईद सुल्ताना : भारतीय इतिहास की सबसे बड़ी महिला टेबल टेनिस खिलाड़ी

वो साल 1951 था ऑस्ट्रिया के विएना शहर में अंतर्राष्ट्रीय टेबल टेनिस प्रतिस्पर्धा हो रही थी। रोमानिया की एंजेलिका रोज़ेनु

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Freedom FighterFreedom MovementWomen

Begum Jahanara Shahnawaz: Who Won the Political Rights For the Indian Women

Begum Jahanara Shahnawaz was one of the two women representatives at the First Round Table Conference, one of the three women representatives at the Second Round Table Conference, and the only woman at the Third Round Table Conference. Later on, when the Joint Select Committee was formed to finalize the Government of India Act, of 1935, Jahanara was the only woman member of it.

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EducationWomen

दुर्गाबाई देशमुख : बीएचयू में महिलाओं के अनुभव

  Shubhneet Kaushik  प्रसिद्ध स्वतन्त्रता सेनानी दुर्गाबाई देशमुख बनारस हिंदू यूनिवर्सिटी के महिला महाविद्यालय की छात्रा रहीं। वर्ष 1934-36 के

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BiharPoliticsWomen

Indira Gandhi, Elephant Ride, Bihar & Dalit Massacre : Story Of A Comeback

The ouster of Indira Gandhi in 1977 and the formation of the Janata Party-led government at the centre resulted in renewed social and economic tensions in Indian society. The cleavages, which were invisible, came out in the open. On 27th May, 1977, occurred what can be termed as one of the first major massacres of Dalits (lower castes) in Bihar.

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