Many women have been instrumental to India’s Freedom struggle despite physical and social challenges, but are less recognized than male counterparts
Sarojini Naidu
The ‘Nightingale of India’ was a poet and political activist who joined Gandhiji's nonviolent resistance movement and served as the first Governor of United Provinces
Usha Mehta
This Gandhian freedom fighter organized the Secret Congress Radio, an underground radio station, during the Quit India Movement of 1942
Aruna Asaf Ali
Popularly known as ‘The Grand Old Lady’ of India, she hoisted the Indian National flag at the Gowalia Tank maidan, Bombay during the Quit India Movement
Bhikhaiji Cama
She was the first to hoist India’s Flag at Stuttgart, Germany in 1907 and advocated for equality between men and women
Begum Hazrat Mahal
The regent Queen of Awadh, wife of Nawab of Awadh Wajid Ali, played a key role in the 1857 rebellion against the British East India Company