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The position of Indian women in society deteriorated during this period. [12] [13] Jauhar which became a custom among Rajputs was performed when they were faced with invaders like Turco-Afghans from the 11th century to avoid being enslaved and lose their honor.
The history of feminism in India can be divided into three phases: the first phase, beginning in the mid-19th century, initiated when reformists began to speak in favour of women rights by making reforms in education and customs involving women; [2] [3] the second phase, from 1915 to Indian independence, when Gandhi incorporated women's ...
Savitribai Phule (pronunciation ⓘ; 3 January 1831 – 10 March 1897) was an Indian teacher, social reformer, and poet who was the first female teacher in India. [5] Along with her husband, Jyotiba Phule, in Maharashtra, she played a vital role in improving women's rights in India. She is considered to be the pioneer of India's feminist movement.
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 ...
This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:19th-century Indian people. It includes Indian people that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. Subcategories
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Aamar Jiban, published in 1876, is the name of Rashsundari Devi's autobiography and is the first autobiography written by an Indian woman and also the first written by any Bengali female. [1] [2] It tells us about the status of women in the 19th-century Indian society and the excess amount of inequality and hardship they had to go through. It ...
High caste women, Harkua, India, c. 1915 [1]. The zenana missions were outreach programmes established in British India with the aim of converting women to Christianity.From the mid 19th century, they sent female missionaries into the homes of Indian women, including the private areas of houses - known as zenana - that male visitors were not allowed to see.