Category
page 120th-century Indian women educational theorists
Ela Bhatt
founder of the Self-Employed Women's Association of India (SEWA)
Pandita Ramabai
Indian feminist historian and social reformer (1858–1922)
Mahadevi Varma
Indian Hindi writer and poet (1907-1987)
Anandamayi Ma
Hindu Guru (1896–1982)
Mirra Alfassa
Spiritual Leader, occultist and collaborator of Sri Aurobindo (1878–1973)
Nirmala Srivastava
Indian spiritual teacher (1923–2011)
Anandiben Patel
20th Governor of Uttar Pradesh
Hansa Jivraj Mehta
reformist, social activist, freedom-fighter and educator and writer of India
Sarala Devi Chaudhurani
Indian activist
Bina Agarwal
Indian feminist economist
Chandramukhi Basu
Indian Bengali educationist
Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay
Indian freedom fighter and social reformer (1903-1988)
Suniti Devi
Maharani of Indian state of Cooch Behar (1864–1932)
Anu Aga
Indian billionaire
Swarnakumari Devi
Indian writer, editor, essayist, poet, novelist, musician and social worker (1855/1856-1932)
Jasodhara Bagchi
Indian writer and activist
Indira Jaising
Indian lawyer
Jnanadanandini Devi
Bengali writer
Ramadevi Choudhury
Indian freedom fighter (1899–1985)
Pupul Jayakar
Indian writer (1915-1997)
Leela Roy
Indian independence activist and politician
S. I. Padmavati
Indian medical academic
Neera Desai
professor, researcher, academician, political activist and social worker
Prem Chowdhry
Indian author
Abala Bose
Indian educationalist (1864–1951)
Saraswathi Gora
Indian activist (1912-2006)
M. Leelavathy
Indian writer and academic
Mithuben Petit
Indian nationalist activist (1892–1973)
K. K. Usha
Indian judge
Kamla Bhasin
social scientist
Ponaka Kanakamma
Indian politician (1892-1963)
Mallika Sengupta
Bengali poet
Maniben Kara
Indian social worker and trade unionist
Hamida Habibullah
Indian parliamentarian, educationist and social worker
Amrita Patel
Indian businessperson
V. Mohini Giri
Indian activist
Saeeda Faiz
Indian educationalist and social reformer
Asha Devi Aryanayakam
Indian freedom fighter, educationist and gandhian
Gauri Ma
Indian activist
Naheed Abidi
Indian scholar and writer
Sarala Roy
Indian educationalist
Kondapalli Koteswaramma
Novalist , writer
Dhanvanthi Rama Rau
Indian activist
nusrat aga
Indian activist, educator and politician
R. S. Subbalakshmi
Indian social activist
Maria Aurora Couto
Indian writer
Silverine Swer
Indian social and environmental activist
Meenakshi Gopinath
educationist
Durga Bhagwat
Indian writer (1910-2002)
Charusita Chakravarty
Indian academic, researcher (1964-2016)
Zahida Zaidi
Indian Urdu writer
Savita Behen
Indian politician
Gauri Ayyub
Indian social worker, activist, writer
Ambujam Ammal
Ambujammal Desikachari née Srinivasa Iyengar (8 January 1899-1983) was an Indian independence activist and women's rights activist. A Gandhian, she participated in the Civil Disobedience Movement and served as vice-president of the Tamil Nadu Congress Committee. Ambujammal was awarded the Padma Shri in 1964.
Mehmooda Ali Shah
Indian educationist, social activist
Ashoka Gupta
Indian social worker
Jayashri Raiji
Indian independence activist
Chitra Naik
Indian educationist, writer, social worker
Amalprava Das
Indian social worker, founder of Kasturba Ashram
Sucharu Devi
Maharani of Mayurbhanj (1874-1959)