by Admin | Jul 13, 2025 | Royalty
Nawab Jaffri Begum of Shahmsabad was a notable figure in the history of the town of Shamsabad, located in the Farrukhabad district of Uttar Pradesh, India. She was born around 1853 and was the daughter of Nawab Fazle Ali Khan, who served as the Prime Minister to Nawab...
by Admin | Jul 13, 2025 | Royalty
Nawabzadi Sarah Bano Begum was a member of the Indian nobility, associated with the royal family of Malerkotla, a former princely state located in Punjab. She is identified as the daughter of Nawab Naushid Ali Khan of Malerkotla. While historical records about her...
by Admin | Aug 14, 2025 | Journalism, Kashmiri Literature
Nayeema Ahmad Mahjoor is a distinguished Kashmiri journalist, fiction writer, and social activist whose career spans from local Kashmiri radio to the international platform of the BBC World Service. Her work, both in journalism and literature, has focused on issues of...
by Admin | Dec 22, 2025 | Urdu Literature
Nazar Sajjad Hyder (1892–1967), often spelt Nazr Sajjad Hyder, occupies a seminal position in the history of Urdu literature and the social reformation of Muslim women in colonial India. Born Nazr Zehra in 1892 in Sialkot, Punjab, she emerged from the secluded...
by Admin | Aug 13, 2025 | Literature, Urdu Literature
Dr. Nazia Akhtar is a distinguished academic and Assistant Professor at IIIT Hyderabad, recognised for her pioneering work in South Asian literary studies. Her research brings to light the often-overlooked contributions of twentieth-century Hyderabadi women writers,...
