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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Feminism
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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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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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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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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Rassundari Devi : Bengali Woman Who Rebelled Against the 19th Century Patriarchal Society
Imagine a mother of 12 children who feels agitated at the very sight of paper and a book. Someone who
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