List of Indian women
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This is a list of Indian women, or of women who lived in India.
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[edit] Poets and writers
- Kamala Das
- Sarojini Naidu
- Taslima Nasrin
- Mamta Sagar
- Mahadevi Verma poems by Mahadevi Verma
- Subhadra Kumari Chauhan poems by Subhadra Kumari Chauhan
- Anita Desai
- Kiran Desai
- Shama Futehally
- Shashi Deshpande
- Arundhati Roy
- Bapsi Sidhwa
- Gita Hariharan
- Saroj Pathak
- Kamala Desai
- Sulekha Sanyal
- Kabita Sinha
- Nabaneeta Dev Sen
- Sabitri Roy
- Kamala Markandeya
- Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
- Jhumpa Lahiri
[edit] Religious leaders, philanthropists and philosophers
- Gargi Vachnavi (female sage in Brihadaranyaka Upanisad)
- Sulabha (philosopher and sage in the Mahabharata)
- Alexandra David-Néel (author of "L'Inde ou j'ai vécu")
- Sri Sarada Devi
- Lalleshvari 14th century
- Amritanandamayi
- Mirabai 16th century
- Akka Mahadevi 12th century
- Andal Goda
- Mother Meera
- The Mother
- Sister Nivedita
- Sahajo
- Helena Blavatsky
- Annie Besant
- Helena Roerich
- Rani Rashmoni Devi (built the Dakshineshvar temple)
[edit] Music
[edit] Actors and directors
- Deepa Mehta director
- Moon Moon Sen actor
- Preity Zinta
- Pooja Bedi
- Pooja Bhatt
- Aishwarya Rai
- Kajol Mukherjee
- Rani Mukherjee
- Smita Patil
- Rekha
- Padmini Kolhapure
- Juhi Chawla
- Sridevi
[edit] Rulers and queens
- Queen Ahalyabai Holkar 1725-95
- Tarabai wife of Rajaram, Shivaji's son, and leader
- Begum Hazrat Mahal
- Kota Rani 14th century, Kashmir
- Rani Durgavati 16th century
- Rani Lakshmi Bai (Joan of Arc of India)
- Rani Chennamma of Kittur 1778 - 1829
- Rani Avantibai 19th century
[edit] Leaders and politicians
- Indira Gandhi
- Anna Mascarenha
- Mamata Banerjee
- Jayalalitha
- Uma Bharati
- Sonia Gandhi
