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LAKSHMI SAHGAL

A former Indian Army officer, she is

fondly known by many as Captain

Lakshmi. Having served a sentence in

a Burma prison for her role in the

World War II, she returned to her

motherland to enroll herself into the

army formed by Netaji Subhash

Chandra Bose. In fact, she was in

charge of establishing and leading the

Rani of Jhansi Regiment, comprising

women soldiers.

BHIKAJI CAMA

A number of roads and buildings are named

after her, but how many of us actually know
who she was?

Not only was she a part of the Indian
Independence Movement, she was also a

strong supporter for gender equality. She
donated most of her personal possession to

an orphanage for girls. She also unfurled the
Indian flag at the International Socialist

Conference at Stuttgart in Germany, 1907.