| Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Active in all major movements; prominent diplomat; sister of Jawaharlal Nehru |
| Sarojini Naidu | ✓ | ✓ |
| ✓ | “Nightingale of India”; first woman Governor of an Indian state |
| Rajkumari Amrit Kaur | ✓ |
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| ✓ | Health activist; first woman Health Minister of India |
| Aruna Asaf Ali |
| ✓ | ✓ |
| Famous for hoisting Congress flag during Quit India Movement |
| Sucheta Kriplani |
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| ✓ | ✓ | First woman Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh; participated in QIM |
| Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay |
| ✓ | ✓ |
| Social reformer; promoted handloom, handicrafts, and women’s participation |
| Usha Mehta |
| ✓ | ✓ |
| Underground radio broadcasting during Quit India Movement |
| Durgabai Deshmukh |
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| ✓ | ✓ | Social reformer; founder of Andhra Mahila Sabha |
| Kalpana Dutt (Kalpana Datta) |
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| ✓ |
| Revolutionary in Indian independence struggle |
| Subhadra Kumari Chauhan |
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| ✓ |
| Famous poet; participated in Quit India Movement |
| Bhikaiji Cama |
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| ✓ |
| Early freedom fighter; unfurled Indian flag in exile |