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Shehla Rashid Shora
Indian student activist
V. Mohini Giri
Indian activist
Mala Sen
Indian author
Sarojini Varadappan
Indian activist (1921-2013)
Rinki Bhattacharya
Indian writer, columnist and documentary filmmaker
Shantha Sinha
Indian academic
Kalki Subramaniam
Indian actress and trans rights activist
Gauri Ma
Indian activist
Swarup Rani Nehru
mother of Jawaharlal Nehru and an Indian independence activist
Shanu Lahiri
Indian painter (1928-2013)
Vanita Jagdeo Borade
Indian conservationist (born 1975)
Kagganapalli Radha Devi
Head of women barbers in Andhra Pradesh
Susmita Mohanty
Space Architect and Entrepreneur
K. V. Rabiya
Indian activist
Smita Tandi
Indian police constable and activist
Kiranjit Ahluwalia
Human rights activist, author
R. S. Subbalakshmi
Indian social activist
Bhanwari Devi
Indian activist
Runa Banerjee
Indian social worker
Rehana Fathima
Muslim woman activist arguing the entry of women of all ages in Sabarimala temple, Kerala, India
nusrat aga
Indian activist, educator and politician
Sadia Dehlvi
author and columnist
Trupti Desai
Indian activist for women's rights
Gail Omvedt
American-born Indian sociologist (1941–2021)
Anu Choudhury
Indian actress
Gauri Ayyub
Indian social worker, activist, writer
Srilatha Batliwala
Indian social activist and scholar
Sreerupa Mitra Chaudhury
Indian politician
Anuradha Ramanan
Tamil writer, artist and social activist (1947–2010)
Rekha Raj
Indian Dalit and feminist thinker, social activist and writer (born 1978)
Anjali Bhardwaj
Indian social activist
Sita Devi
Indian Madhubani folk painter (1914–2005)
Swati Maliwal
Women activist
Ambujam Ammal
Ambujammal Desikachari née Srinivasa Iyengar (8 January 1899-1983) was an Indian independence activist and women's rights activist. A Gandhian, she participated in the Civil Disobedience Movement and served as vice-president of the Tamil Nadu Congress Committee. Ambujammal was awarded the Padma Shri in 1964.
Snehlata Nath
Indian activist
Kamla Pant
Feminist, politician, and activist
Ashoka Gupta
Indian social worker
Nandita Shah
Indian homeopath and author
Vidyagauri Neelkanth
Gujarati author (1876–1958)
K. Chinnamma
Indian woman social worker (1883-1930)
Sucharu Devi
Maharani of Mayurbhanj (1874-1959)
Vidya Shah
singer and musician
Shehla Masood
Indian environmentalist
T N Seema
Indian politician
Usha Ganguly
Indian actress
Jasmeen Patheja
Indian activist
Sonal Shukla
Indian feminist, activist and teacher
Chuni Kotal
Indian Dalit anthropologist
Sushila Didi
Indian female freedom fighter
Pamela Chatterjee
rural activist in India freeing up 1,000s of hectares
Nida Khan
women rights activist in India
Smriti Morarka
Indian reviving handwoven cloth
Mini Vasudevan
animal rights activist
Khujista Akhtar Banu
Bengali aristocrat and writer
P. Kausalya
P. Kausalya Nari Shakti Puraskar HIV champion
Shaheen Bagh protests
Shaheen Bagh protests against CAA, NRC and NPR
Shobha Gasti
Indian known for remarkable efforts in empowerment of women and girls
Zahida Khatun Sherwani
Indian Urdu-language poet
Sabarmatee Tiki
Indian conservationist and farmer living near Bhubaneswar, Odisha.
Nalini Jameela
Indian writer