Amalprabha Das was awarded Padma Shree Award in 1954. Mahatma Gandhi appointed Amal Prabha Das to supervise the work of the Kasturba Gandhi Memorial Trust in the Northeast
Krishnammal Jagannathan is the social reformer who used Satyagraha to redistribute land to landless poor people in Tamil Nadu. She also worked towards bring social equality in the society
Nagamma Patil was the social worker and the freedom fighter from Karnataka who worked for the welfare of the Harijan children in Karnataka. She joined the freedom movement on the call of Mahatma Gandhi
Janaky Athi Nahappan, also called 'Janaky Jevar', was one of the notable commanders of the Rani of Jhansi Regiment of the Indian National Army
Sushila Chain Trehen was a social activist and a freedom fighter who travelled to remote villages in Punjab to teach women to cook, clean and sew
AV Kuttimalu Amma was a campaigner of the Swadeshi movement, a Khadi campaigner and a social worker who protested against the British in Kerala
When the British police chief ordered his men to fire on the masses, Accamma Cherian bravely asked them 'to shoot her first'
Not only was Abadi Bano Begum one of the first Muslim women to participate in politics actively, she was also a revolutionary who had a strong desire to see her country free from the British rule