Kuntala Kumari Sabat: The woman who used poetry as a weapon in freedom struggle
Follower of Gandhi, Kunatala Kumari Sabat always believed that Independence is her birth right and also encouraged women to participate in the Independence movement
Author: garima singh
Kittur Rani Chennamma: Warrior queen who lead an armed rebellion against the British East India Company in 1824
She had been trained in sword fighting, archery and horse riding at a young age
Sarala Devi: First Odia woman to join Mahatma Gandhi’s non-cooperation movement
Those days women used to sit behind curtains and listen to the speeches, but not only Sarala Devi came out of she also gave a fierce speech in that meeting
Yashodhara Dasappa: The firebrand Gandhian from Bengaluru who brought in women into the Satyagraha movement
In 1972, she was given Padma Bhushan, the third highest civilian honour by the government of India. She was the first woman to become a cabinet minister in Karnataka
Nellie Sengupta: The British lady who went door-to-door to sell khadi
Nellie was one of the prominent English women who fought for the independent India. She later became the president of the Indian National Congress at the 47th annual session at Kolkata in 1933
How Azizan Bai fought the 1857 rebellion dressed in male attire and armed with pistols
Azizan bai had formed a group of women who cheered for the soldiers and took care of the wounded. She also helped in collecting and distributing arms and ammunition to the soldiers
Kiran Mazumdar Shaw, and 4 other women who are the richest in India
India is already home to several billionaires and the list is only increasing every year. Here's the list of women billionaires who are hugely contributing to country's GDP
7 transgenders who fought hard to achieve their dreams despite social boycott
Supreme Court in 2014 created third gender status for transgenders since then many positive stories have come to light where transgenders have made a place for themselves in music, education and other fields