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Bhikaiji Cama

1861 - 1936

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Bhikhaiji Rustom Cama (24 September 1861 – 13 August 1936) or simply as, Madam Cama, was one of the prominent figures in the Indian independence movement. She unfurled one of the earliest versions of the flag of independent India on August 22, 1907 and she was the first person to hoist an Indian flag in a foreign nation, at the International Socialist Conference at Stuttgart. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Bhikaiji Cama is the 444th most popular social activist (down from 324th in 2019), the 564th most popular biography from India (down from 378th in 2019) and the 31st most popular Indian Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Bhikaiji Cama ranks 444 out of 840. Before her are Nat Turner, François-Jean de la Barre, Nikolay Bauman, William Howard Russell, Leona Vicario, and Afeni Shakur. After her are Otto Warmbier, Anna Louise Strong, Eugénie Cotton, Melchora Aquino, Harry Wu, and Henriette Herz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1861, Bhikaiji Cama ranks 107. Before her are Dorothea Klumpke, Krikor Zohrab, Hannes Hafstein, Maximilian Harden, J. B. Bury, and Anna Brigadere. After her are Maxime Maufra, Makino Nobuaki, Herbert Hall Turner, Racho Petrov, Gustav Heinrich Johann Apollon Tammann, and Shirase Nobu. Among people deceased in 1936, Bhikaiji Cama ranks 138. Before her are Panagis Tsaldaris, Conchita Supervía, Blas Infante, Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck, Johan Turi, and Jamil Sidqi al-Zahawi. After her are Leonardo Torres y Quevedo, Francisco Ascaso, Ma Zhongying, Vasyl Stefanyk, John Scott Haldane, and Niels Neergaard.

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In India

Among people born in India, Bhikaiji Cama ranks 564 out of 1,861. Before her are MS Dhoni (1981), Meena Kumari (1933), Kuriakose Elias Chavara (1805), Shiva Rajkumar (1961), Shammi Kapoor (1931), and M. F. Husain (1915). After her are Yellapragada Subbarow (1895), Hemu (1501), William Birdwood (1865), Sidharth Malhotra (1985), Malik Kafur (1250), and Arjun Appadurai (1949).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In India

Among social activists born in India, Bhikaiji Cama ranks 31. Before her are Jayaprakash Narayan (1902), Ela Bhatt (1933), Dhondo Keshav Karve (1858), Ram Manohar Lohia (1910), Mahadev Govind Ranade (1842), and Aruna Asaf Ali (1909). After her are Irom Chanu Sharmila (1972), Saalumarada Thimmakka (1911), Rajendra K. Pachauri (1940), Sugathakumari (1934), Abdul Sattar Edhi (1928), and Kamala Nehru (1899).

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