by Admin | Jul 19, 2025 | Social Work
Fatima Bi is a remarkable grassroots leader from Andhra Pradesh who rose from a village head to an internationally recognised figure for her exceptional work in rural development and poverty alleviation. As the sarpanch (village head) of Kalva village, she spearheaded...
by Admin | Aug 14, 2025 | Freedom Movement
Fatima Jinnah was a trained dental surgeon, stateswoman, and activist, whose life was inextricably linked to the struggle for India’s independence and the early years of the formation of a new nation after the Partition. Born on July 31, 1893, in Karachi in...
by Admin | Jul 20, 2025 | Education, Social Work
Fatima Sheikh was a pioneering 19th-century Indian educator and social reformer who, alongside visionaries Jyotirao and Savitribai Phule, courageously championed education for girls and marginalised communities. Widely regarded as the first Muslim woman teacher in...
by Admin | Jul 25, 2025 | Urdu Literature
Fatima Taj (1948–2020) was a distinguished voice in modern Deccani Urdu literature. Over a prolific thirty-year career, she skillfully blended the structural elegance of classical Urdu poetry with a distinctly modern and feminine perspective. Her extensive body...
by Admin | Dec 28, 2025 | Civil Services, Police & Army
Captain Fatima Wasim is an officer in the Indian Army Medical Corps (AMC) who etched her name in military history in December 2023. She became the first woman medical officer to be deployed to an “operational post” on the Siachen Glacier—the...
