Jahanara Begum
Mughal princess and Padshah Begum of the Mughal Empire
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Maham Begum
She married Babur, the first Mughal emperor, in 1506, in Herat. Though she was Babur’s third wife, she became his chief consort, acting as a political advisor in many circumstances.
Mariam-uz-Zamani
Mariam was married to the third Mughal emperor, Jalaluddin Muhammad Akbar, on 6 February 1562, as part of a political resolution.
Draupadi
India This article, written by Naomi Appleton, has been republished with permission from the Dangerous Women Project, created by the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities at the University […]
Padmini
Indian rani
Toru Dutt
Bengali poet and translator
Lakshmi Bai
Ruler and military leader of Jhansi who fought British imperialism
Herabai Tata
Indian women’s rights activist and suffragist
Mithan Jamshed Lam
Indian lawyer, women’s rights activist and the first Indian woman barrister, lawyer at the Bombay High Court and Sheriff of Mumbai
Savita Halappanavar
Halappanavar’s preventable death was the catalyst for change in Irish abortion laws