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Tarabai Shinde

1850 - 1910

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Tarabai Shinde (1850–1910) was a feminist activist who protested patriarchy and caste in 19th century India. She is known for her published work, Stri Purush Tulana ("A Comparison Between Women and Men"), originally published in Marathi in 1882. The pamphlet is a critique of caste and patriarchy, and is often considered the first modern Indian feminist text. It was very controversial for its time in challenging the Hindu religious scriptures themselves as a source of women's oppression, a view that continues to be controversial and debated today. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2024). Tarabai Shinde is the 3,978th most popular writer (down from 3,340th in 2024). (down from 2,764th in 2019)

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Among writers, Tarabai Shinde ranks 3,978 out of 7,302. Before her are Hans Carossa, Ugo Betti, Hafez Ibrahim, Maurice Scève, Marko Kropyvnytskyi, and Shuntarō Tanikawa. After her are Milovan Glišić, Jalal Al-e-Ahmad, Chandrashekhara Kambara, Elia Abu Madi, Edna O'Brien, and Dulce María Loynaz.

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Among people born in 1850, Tarabai Shinde ranks 80. Before her are Constantin Henriquez, Sidney Gilchrist Thomas, John Munro Longyear, Alfred Pringsheim, Léon-Adolphe Amette, and Pablo Iglesias Posse. After her are Bharatendu Harishchandra, George Huntington, Spencer Gore, Victor Laloux, Anton Seidl, and Francesco Tamagno. Among people deceased in 1910, Tarabai Shinde ranks 77. Before her are Constantin Fahlberg, Fredrik von Otter, Knut Ångström, Julien Dupré, Friedrich Daniel von Recklinghausen, and Emil Zuckerkandl. After her are Julius Petersen, Hugo Erdmann, Karbalayi Safikhan Karabakhi, Giovanni Passannante, Albert Nasse, and Stamatios Nikolopoulos.

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