Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw
With just two employees, a master brewer’s certificate, and her father’s blessing, Mazumdar-Shaw began a business specializing in industrial enzymes for food and textile makers that now reaches around the globe.
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Uma Chowdhury
An ambitious teenaged Uma Chowdhry (1947–2024) left her home in India to study physics and engineering in the United States. But after falling in love with chemistry, particularly materials science, the study of solids at the molecular level, Chowdhry decided to work in industrial research.
Zeb-un-Nissa
Mughal princess and poet
Sarojini Naidu
Indian poet and political activist
Cornelia Sorabji
Prominent Indian lawyer, social reformer, and writer.
Kittur Chennamma
Indian queen of Kittur in present-day Karnataka who led an armed resistance against the British East India Company to maintain control over her dominion.
Geeta Dutt
Celebrated Indian playback singer who gained prominence for her exceptional contributions to Hindi and Bengali classical music.
Hazrat Mahal
Begum of Awadh, regent 1857–1858, known for leading a rebellion against the British East India Company during the Indian Rebellion of 1857.
Dr Janaki Ammal
Prominent Indian botanist known for her work in plant breeding, cytogenetics, and phytogeography.
Ismat Chughtai
Indian Urdu writer known for novels, short stories, and films.