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Cover Story | Women Issue 2023: Pioneers

The First Feminists

Starting in the middle of the 19th century, they laid the foundation from which gender equality would enter the Indian consciousness

The First Feminists

(Left to right from top) Kamini Roy, Savitribai Phule, Ramabai Pandita, Begum Rokeya Sakhawat and Tarabai Shinde (Illustration: Saurabh Singh)