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Indian women human rights activists

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Arundhati Roy
Indian novelist, essayist, and activist
Mahasweta Devi
Indian Bengali fiction writer and socio-political activist (1926-2016)
Padma Lakshmi
Indian-born American author, actress, model, television host and executive producer
Savitribai Phule
Indian social reformer (1831-1897)
Laxmi Agarwal
Indian acid attack survivor and activist
Mallika Sarabhai
activist and Indian classical dancer from Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
Manasi Pradhan
Indian writer and Women's rights activist
Nafisa Ali
Indian actress and model
Kehkashan Basu
Canadian environmental and human rights activist
Sugathakumari
Sugathakumari (22 January 1934 – 23 December 2020) was an Indian poet and activist, who was at the forefront of environmental and feminist movements in Kerala, India.
Palak Muchhal
Palak Muchhal is an Indian playback singer and lyricist. Muchhal performs as a playback singer across Hindi films and other Indian film industries. She has rendered her voice in Hindi films such as Ek Tha Tiger (2012), Aashiqui 2 (2013), Kick (2014) and Action Jackson (2014) Prem Ratan Dhan Payo (2015) M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story (2016) Kaabil (2017), Baaghi 2 (2018) and Pal Pal Dil Ke Paas (2019). Her rendition of the song "Kaun Tujhe" from the film"M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story has earned her much praise from fans as well as prominent personalities in the music industry. On 6 November 2022, she married music composer Mithoon, with whom she had earlier worked on the soundtrack of Aashiqui 2. Alongside her brother Palash Muchhal, she has also done philanthropic work by raising funds through her stage shows for children who need financial assistance for treatment of heart diseases.
Jasodhara Bagchi
Indian writer and activist
Gita Sahgal
Indian writer and activist
Prem Chowdhry
Indian author
Tulasi Munda
activist and educator from Odisha, India
Deepika Narayan Bhardwaj
Indian journalist, documentary film maker and men's rights activist
Rita Banerji
Indian writer
K. Ajitha
social activist
Angana P. Chatterji
Indian anthropologist, activist, and feminist historian
Birubala Rabha
Indian activist
Gargi Gupta
Social worker
Lucy Kurien
Social Worker, Women's rights activist, Catholic Nun
Soni Sori
Indian activist and prisoner
Sheela Patel
Indian urban planner
C. K. Janu
Indian activist
Mamatha Raghuveer Achanta
Indian activist
Satya Rani Chadha
Indian women's rights activist (1929-2014)
Snehalata Reddy
Indian actress and political activist
Rajni Tilak
Indian Dalit rights activist (1958–2018)
Janaki Venkataraman
First Lady of India
Manjula Pradeep
Indian human rights activist
Amla Ruia
Indian environmentalist
Jagmati Sangwan
AIDWA leader
Bondita Acharya
human rights activist
Rashida Bee
Indian activist
Vrinda Grover
Indian lawyer, researcher, and human rights activist
Shalu Nigam
Indian lawyer
Zakia Soman
Indian politician
Shabnam Hashmi
Indian social activist and human rights campaigner
Ruchira Gupta
sex trafficking abolitionist; business executive
Damayanti Tambay
badminton player
Vidyut Gore
blogger on tech policy, politics, behavioral science and human rights in India
Duru Shah
Indian gynecologist and academic
Swaraj Vidwan
Indian activist for the underrepresented
Naseema Khatoon
human rights activist from India
Malini Chib
Indian disability rights activist and author
Ilina Sen
Indian activist
Champa Devi Shukla
Indian activist
Meira Paibi
The social organization and the movement of the women of Meitei ethnicity of Manipur
Sanghapali Aruna
Indian activist
Tongam Rina
Indian journalist and human rights activist
Neelam Chaturvedi
Indian human rights activist
Shilpi Singh
Indian women's rights activist
Yogita Bhayana
Indian social activist