Cama, Bhikaiji (1861–1936)

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Cama, Bhikaiji (1861–1936)

Indian revolutionary. Born 1861 into a rich Parsi family; died Aug 16, 1936; m. Rustum Cama (well-known solicitor in Bombay).

Called the mother of the Indian revolution, attended the 2nd Internationalist Socialist Congress in Stuttgart, Germany (1907), where she presented the case for India's independence and dared to unfurl the Indian Tricolour with Vande Mataram insignia.