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Homai Vyarawalla

1913 - 2012

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Homai Vyarawalla (9 December 1913 – 15 January 2012), commonly known by her pseudonym Dalda 13, was India's first woman photojournalist. She began her career in 1938 working for the Bombay Chronicle, capturing images of daily life in the city. Vyarawalla worked for the British Information Services from the 1940s until 1970 when she retired. In 2011, she was awarded Padma Vibhushan, the second highest civilian award of the Republic of India. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Homai Vyarawalla is the 93rd most popular journalist (down from 82nd in 2019), the 725th most popular biography from India (down from 598th in 2019) and the most popular Indian Journalist.

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Among JOURNALISTS

Among journalists, Homai Vyarawalla ranks 93 out of 196. Before her are Malcolm Campbell, Piers Morgan, Aleksey Suvorin, Marina Ovsyannikova, Kenji Goto, and George Rodger. After her are Murray Walker, Tsuneko Sasamoto, Chris Cuomo, George Padmore, Daniel Schneidermann, and Frances Benjamin Johnston.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1913, Homai Vyarawalla ranks 295. Before her are Hans-Peter Tschudi, Ted Grant, Severino Varela, Yevdokiya Bershanskaya, Qiao Guanhua, and Betty Field. After her are Andor Földes, Jacinto Convit, Kalevi Kotkas, Franz Antel, Ernst Lörtscher, and Arne Skouen. Among people deceased in 2012, Homai Vyarawalla ranks 340. Before her are Gu Chaohao, Pierre Adam, Chad Everett, Břetislav Pojar, Nevin Çokay, and Rodolfo Quezada Toruño. After her are Franz West, Adolfo Schwelm Cruz, Klaus Schütz, Jorge Illueca, Jacques Dupin, and Gerry Anderson.

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In India

Among people born in India, Homai Vyarawalla ranks 725 out of 1,861. Before her are Bhairon Singh Shekhawat (1923), Bhagyashree (1969), Suryakant Tripathi (1899), Jayakanthan (1934), Muthulakshmi Reddy (1886), and Sanjay Dutt (1959). After her are Jeetendra (1942), Randhir Kapoor (1947), Anil Ambani (1959), Tim Severin (1940), Krishna Prasad Bhattarai (1924), and Saeed Jaffrey (1929).

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Among JOURNALISTS In India

Among journalists born in India, Homai Vyarawalla ranks 1. After her are Danish Siddiqui (1983), and Arnab Goswami (1973).

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