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Rani Abbakka Chowta was the first Tuluva Queen of Ullal who fought the Portuguese in the latter half of the 16th century. She belonged to the Chowta dynasty, an indigenous Tuluva dynasty who ruled over parts of coastal Karnataka , India. Their capital was Puttige. [Note 1] The port town of Ullal served as their subsidiary capital. The ...
[1] [2] [3] Rig Vedic verses suggest that women married at a mature age and were probably free to select their own husbands in a practice called swayamvar or through Gandharva marriage. [4] The Rig Veda and Upanishads mention several women sages and seers, notably Gargi Vachaknavi and Maitreyi (c. 7th century BCE). [5]
The status of women in India has been subject to many great changes over the past few millennia. With a decline in their status from the ancient to medieval times ...
Women across economic groups in colonial era, for example, wore a single piece of cloth in hot and humid Bengal. [121] It was called Kapod by poorer women, while the more ornate version of the same was called a Saree. [121] The material and cost varied, but nature was the same across income and social groups (caste/class) of Hindu women. [121]
The Ullal location was formed as Nagara Panchayat in 1996. This was upgraded to Town Municipal Council in 2006. In 2014, this was again upgraded to City Municipal Council. Ullal is a region/neighborhood in the southern part of Mangalore city with a population more than 53,000 as per the 2011 census. [1]
Pages in category "History of women in India" The following 23 pages are in this category, out of 23 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9.
A Hindu woman with a ghoonghat veil. A ghoonghat (ghunghat, ghunghta, ghomta, orhni, odani, laaj, chunari, jhund, kundh) is a headcovering or headscarf, worn primarily in the Indian subcontinent, by some married Hindu, Jain, and Sikh women to cover their heads, and often their faces.
The Rajput ceremony of Jauhar, 1567, as depicted by Ambrose Dudley in Hutchinsons History of the Nations, c.1910. Jauhar, sometimes spelled Jowhar or Juhar, [1] [2] was a Hindu Rajput practice of mass self-immolation by women and girls [3] in the Indian subcontinent to avoid capture, enslavement, [4] and rape when facing certain defeat during a war.