Women in Medieval India | Indian Society for UPSC CSE PDF Download

Overview

Muslim appeared in India as a warrior class. Their rule in India is divided into two Eras;

• The Era of Delhi Sultanate
• The Mughal

Era of Delhi Sultanate

• The only women who had ever occupied the thrown of Delhi was Razia Sultan.
• Sultana Razia was not only a wise ruler but also a women of Dauntless courage.
• She set the role of model for politically empowered women in India.

The Mughal Era

• In Mughal Era India saw the rise of some eminent muslim women. 2.1 Qutluq Nigar Khanm
• Qutluq Nigar Khanm Babar’s mother gave wise counsel to her son Babar, during his arduous campaign for the recovery of his father’s heritage.
• Gulbadan Begum: Gulbadan Begum was a women of exceptional poetic talent who wrote Humayun namah.
• Nur Jahan: Nur Jahan took an active part in the state She was the greatest muslim queen of India. She was very embodiment of beauty and military valour
• Chandbibi: Chandbibi, who appeared on the ramparts of the fort of Ahmednagar dressed in male attire and put heart in the defenders of that town against the powers of Akbar himself.
• Tara Bai: Tara Bai,the Maharata heroine who was the life and soul of Maharata resistance during the last determined onslaught of Aurangazeb.
• Mangammal: Mangammal, whose benign rule is still a green memory in the South, and Ahalya Bai Holkar, to whose administrative genius Sir John Malcolm has paid magnificent tribute.