Dr Sushila Nayar – Gandhi’s Doctor and a Messiah of Public Health in India
In a chilly winter morning of December 26, 1914, an era where birth of a female child was considered a
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Women
A Burqa Clad Woman Commander of Indians in 1857
“Come! God has called you into paradise.” An old woman wearing green clothes, which fully covered her body (Burqa), carrying
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Sayeed Sultana : Wonder Girl From Hyderabad Who Stunned the World of Table Tennis
It was 1951, during the World Table Tennis Championship in Vienna, Austria, Angelica Rozenu of Romania was competing against a
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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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Muhammadi Begum: The First Woman Editor of a Magazine in India
Syeda Muhammadi Begum was the first woman in the Indian sub-continent to be the editor of a weekly magazine,‘Tehzeeb-e-Niswaan’. The
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Begum Hijab Imtiaz Ali: The First Indian Muslim Pilot
While flipping through the archives of newspapers and journals I came across an interesting name. ‘The International Women’s News’ reported
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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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Begum Jahanara Shahnawaz: Who Won the Political Rights For the Indian Women
Today when Indian women cast votes and contest elections, not even in their distant imagination they pay gratitude to the
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Begum Mahboob Fatima: The First Muslim Woman Jailed by the British in Delhi
A Muslim Lady, charged with the act of waging ‘the war against the Crown’, was brought into the court of
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Nandini Satpathy: An Eight Year Old Girl Who Took Off the British Flag
It was 1939 and anti-British sentiments in India were on a rise as the World War had commenced in Europe.
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Beauty with a purpose; Intellectually charming Women from all around.
By, Saba Tabassum Beauty cannot be analyzed with ease. Balancing beauty; externally and internally, is in fact quite rare. In
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Hajj In The Time Of Imperialism: The formidable Begums, the Hajj, the memoirs.
Hajj, the fifth pillar of Islam which consist of series of rituals taking place in and around Mecca over
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Lady Evelyn Murray : The first British-Muslim woman to perform Hajj
According to the Hijri calendar, exactly ninety years ago, Lady Evelyn Murray became the first British born Muslim woman to
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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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Indira Gandhi, Elephant Ride, Bihar & Dalit Massacre : Story Of A Comeback
The ouster of Indira Gandhi in 1977 and the formation of Janata Party led government at the centre resulted in
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Moondar : Muslim Friend of Rani Jhansi Who Martyred Herself For The Motherland
Robert Hamilton, agent of the governor General to Central India, wrote to the secretary of Government of India on 30th
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Dr Rupa Bai Furdoonji – The first female anaesthetist of the world
India has given rise to many well-known personalities. One among them is Dr Rupa Bai Furdoonji who initially attained a
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Vimla Sood, Tabitha Solomon, Fatima Ali Jinnah……Who among them are the first female dentists of India?
Women have a long history in the field of dentistry. Badri Teymourtash was the first female Iranian dentist. Josephrine Serre
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LADY MARY WORTLEY MONTAGU – THE UNSUNG PIONEER FOR INTRODUCING “SMALLPOX INOCULATION”`
3 December 2019 — The World Health Organization commemorated the 40th anniversary of smallpox eradication, recognizing the historic moment of
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FEMINIST & FEMINISM : Rukhmabai, Kadambini Ganguli & Anandi Gopal Joshi, three of the earliest female physicians of India.
The women’s day was brought to light in the early 1900s where this day was first observed on February 28,
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