by Admin | Aug 1, 2025 | Miscellaneous
Nur Begum, whose birth name was Ghulam Fatima, was a remarkable woman from a zamindar (landowning) family of the Jauiyah caste in a village near Abohar, Punjab, in British India. In an era when literacy and religious scholarship were overwhelmingly male domains, Nur...
by Admin | Dec 29, 2025 | Miscellaneous
Born on February 4, 1989, in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, Reshma Nilofer Naha has charted a course through uncharted waters to become India’s first and only female river pilot—a distinction that places her among a handful of women worldwide in this highly...
by Admin | Jul 29, 2025 | Art and Culture, Miscellaneous
Saba Ali Khan Pataudi, born on May 1, 1976, is a distinguished member of the Pataudi royal family who has forged a unique path distinct from her famous relatives. As the daughter of cricket legend Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi and actress Sharmila Tagore, and sister to...
by Admin | Dec 29, 2025 | Miscellaneous
Taiyba Afroz (also spelt Taiba Afroz) is the first Muslim woman from Bihar to acquire a Commercial Pilot License (CPL). Hailing from Jalalpur village in the Saran district, her journey from a conservative rural milieu to the cockpit of a commercial aircraft dismantles...
