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Works by ancient Indian grammarians such as Patanjali and Katyayana suggest that women were educated in the early Vedic period. [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 Indian independence movement was a series of events aimed at ending the British rule in India, which lasted till 1947. Women played a significant and prominent role in the Indian independence movement. The participation of women in the movement started as early as the eighteenth century.
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 ...
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 ...
This is a timeline of Indian history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in India and its predecessor states. To read about the background to these events, see History of India. Also see the list of governors-general of India, list of prime ministers of India and list of years in India.
Naidu's birthday, 13 February, is celebrated as Women's Day to recognise powerful voices of women in India's history. [45] Composer Helen Searles Westbrook (1889–1967) set Naidu's text to music in her song "Invincible." [46] As a poet, Naidu was known as the "Nightingale of India". [47]
They included Purnima Banerjee, a member of the All India Women's Conference; [99] Kamla Chaudhry, a feminist writer and independence activist; [100] Malati Choudhury, an activist in the nationalist movement; [101] Durgabai Deshmukh, an independence activist, lawyer, social worker, and women's rights activist; [102] Kaur, co-founder of the All ...
Sarala Devi Chaudhurani (born Sarala Ghosal; [1] 9 September 1872 – 18 August 1945) was an Indian educationist and political activist, who founded Bharat Stree Mahamandal in Allahabad in 1910. This was the first national-level women's organization in India. [2] One of the primary goals of the organization was to promote female education.