The most influential women in the history of medicine
An Italian scholarly female professor, Dorotea Bucca (1360-1436) of the University of Bologna became the first female to teach medicine at the university.
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It’s Time to Stop Stereotyping Muslim Women
Just the other day I was a part of a live discussion in a Muslim Spaces on Twitter. The topic
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Nazareth Hospital, HISTORY OF A CHRISTIAN MISSIONARY HOSPITAL IN MOKAMA, BIHAR.
The Nazareth Hospital needs an hour to treat people, suffering from COVID-19, residing in this community where patients struggle at home as hospitals choke.
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Views of Begum Sultan Jahan of Bhopal on Women Heading the Government
(The following text is a reproduction of an excerpt from Hayat-i-Qudsia, written by Begum Sultan Jahan) No doubt history
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Dr Sushila Nayar – Gandhi’s Doctor and a Messiah of Public Health in India
In 1977, Dr Sushila Nayar retired from the political arena and continued working for the upliftment of society.
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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
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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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’.
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Begum Hijab Imtiaz Ali: The First Indian Muslim Pilot
‘Meri na-kaam Mohabbat’ (My failed love), a story written by Begum Hijab Imtiaz Ali when she was 12 years old is often considered as one of the best romantic stories ever written in Urdu. The family she was married into was one of the most progressive Muslim families and encouraged her to learn flying after marriage and becoming mother.
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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
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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Begum Mahboob Fatima: The First Muslim Woman Jailed by the British in Delhi
According to historians, Begum Mahboob Fatima was the first Muslim woman in Delhi to have been sentenced to prison for waging ‘the war against the Crown’.
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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.
This article throws light on one such Hajj expedition undertaken by Nawab Sikandar Begum of Bhopal.
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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 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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Moondar : Muslim Friend of Rani Lakshmibai Who Martyred Herself For The Motherland
John Venables Sturt, who was stationed near Jhansi during 1857, claimed that the Muslim woman accompanying Rani was Moondar and that only Moondar was martyred on the spot while Rani Lakshmibai could not be killed by the British bullets.
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