Wonderful Women

Indira Gandhi was popularly known as the Iron Lady of India across the globe. Her pure love towards politics helped her to climb remarkable position in the Indian Politics. And also helped her to become the first woman elected to head a democratic country. Born & grown in a politically powerful background helped her learn all political tricks in her early age. After the death of her father, she becomes the central figure of the Indian National Congress Party. She was born to Jawaharlal Nehru - India’s first Prime Minister – and Kamla Nehru. Her childhood wasn’t a happy one like others. Her father was mostly away from home due to his political responsibility and her mother suffered from bouts of illness frequently. She completed her preliminary education at home and completed her secondary education in school. After the death of her mother, she went to the University of Oxford in Britain to learn about history, political science, and economics. It was unfortunate that she...

Lata Mangeshkar is one of the great singer and one of the best-known voices of India. Lata Mangeshkar is also know us “Nightingale of Bollywood”. With singing as her career, she has spanned over seven decades on the top of Hindi and Indian regional film industries. Her Golden Voice helped her to make an indelible mark on the Hindi Film Industries. Singing came naturally to her from her birth, as she was born as the eldest daughter of a classical singer. Her father was Pandit Deenanath Mangeshkar and her mother was Shevanti Her father was a theatre artist which formed a platform for her and her sister to big stage from an early age. Her father died unfortunately when she was very young. Lata Mangeshkar become the family’s breadwinner and she was the best. She was honoured with Bharat Ratna which is very rare tribute for a vocalist. Her father’s friend Vinayak gave the young girl a small role in the Marathi movie when she was just 13 year’s old in 1942. She started her singin...

Sucheta Kriplani was a great Freedom Fighter of India and the First Woman Chief Minister of a state in India. Sucheta Kriplani is an important personality who have immensely contributed for the freedom of India. She was born as to a Bengali family in the Ambala City as Sucheta Mazumdar in the year 1908. Her father Mr. S.N. Majumdar was also a nationalist of India. Sucheta Kriplani took her education in Indraprastha College and St Stephen’s College in Delhi. She started working as a lecture in the Banaras Hindu University in the year 1936. She got married to a socialist Acharya Kriplani and joined the Indian National Congress. From there on Sucheta never looked back. She started to work close with Mahatma Gandhi during the time of partition riot. She was one among few women who got elected to the Constituent Assembly. She was also the part of the subcommittee that was handed over the task of laying down the chapter of the Indian Constitution. In the year 1962, she...

Mother Teresa was a Roman Catholic Nun who devoted her life to serve the poor and needy around the world. She showed humans the meaning of love to other. She spent many years in Calcutta, India. She was also the founder of Missionaries of Charity , and lend her helping hands to many people’s. Most beautiful words of Mother Teresa was, “It is not how much we do, but how much love we put in the doing. It is not how much we give, but how much love we put in the giving.”   Mother Teresa was born on 1910 in Skopje. At the age of 18, she was given permission to join a group of nuns in Ireland. On 1931, She took her formal religious vows and she travelled to India. The widespread poverty of Calcutta made a deep impression on her and he founded Missionaries of Charity. In 1952, she opened her first home for the dying people’s, which allowed them to die with dignity. Her work blow-outs around the world. By 2013, there were 700 missions operating in over 130 countries....

Chhavi Rajawat is the First Woman Sarpanch in India with an MBA degree . She is the youngest person to hold the office of Sarpanch. She discarded her well-paying corporate job with one of India’s Biggest Telecom Firm to become the Sarpanch of Soda, a village 60 kms from Jaipur. She was born on 1977 for Narendra Singh Rajwat and Harsh Chauhan in Rajasthan. She completed her schooling in Rishi Valley School in Andhra Pradesh. Then she completed her College studies in Mayo Colleges in Rajasthan and Lady Shri Ram College in Women in Delhi. After completing her MBA in Pune, She started working in many corporate companies with high Pay-Scale. Chhavi Rajawat let her corporate job and her city to help rural India. She became the Sarpanch in Soda. Her Grandfather Mr.Brig Raghubir Singh had been the Sarpanch of the same village 20 years back to Chhavi Rajawat’s elections. With great passion to help rular India, She have meet lot of people’s around her village and took lead in de...

Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit also known as Swarup Kumari Nehru was born on August 18 th , 1900 in Allahabad - India. She was the daughter of Motilal Nehru and sister of Jawaharlal Nehru. She is an Indian Political Leader and Diplomat and one of the World’s Leading Women in Public Life in the 20 th century. She was married to Ranjit Sitaram Pandit in 1921, after completing her education in India and Abroad. Her husband was arrested for supporting Indian Freedom and later died in Lucknow Prison Jail in 1944, leaving behind his wife and 3 daughter. After the death of her husband Vijay Lakshmi Pandit entered into politics. She was imprisoned for three times by British authorities in India for her support in the Indian nationalist movement. Later, she entered municipal government in Allahabad before entering the legislative assembly of the United Provinces. Then she became the minister of local self-government and public health. The First Indian Woman to hold a Cabinet Portf...

Dr.Muthulashmi Reddy , an First Woman Doctor in India and the First Woman Vice President Of Legislative Council In The World. A noble woman who have dedicated her life human society especially for women. Muthulashmi was born in the pudukkotai state Tamil nadu for S.Narayanawami iyer and Mrs. Chandrammal. Her father gave her the freedom to go to school, pursue higher studies when it was officially a crime to send girls out of home. Completed her degree in 1912, she became housed surgeon in Government Hospital for women and children in Chennai. She was the First Tamil and Indian Women Doctor.   She moved to England for her higher studies. In 1926, she was nominated as a member in Madras Legislative and later she was the elected as deputy Chairman in Legislative Council. And she became the first women in the world to be a vice president of legislative council. She was the Founder of Adyar Cancer Institute on 1954. For her service to human society especially for wom...