Hangaku Gozen (“Lady Hangaku”), also called Itagaki, is an onna-bugeisha, a female warrior from 13th century Japan. century. Kennins Rebellion Daughter of Jō Sukekuni, warrior, Hangaku Gozen lives at the time of the end of the Heian period and the beginning of the Kamakura period. She has two sis
After the success of Bardoli, Sardar Patel came to be seen as a miracle man. He had done what no one had been able to do before him. The Ghori government of Bombay was seen laying down its arms for the first time. Therefore, wherever Sardar Patel went, people would gather to see him. Now he was a na
Louise Eugenie Alexandrine Marie David , known as Alexandra David-Néel (1868 – 1969), was a Franco-Belgian explorer, journalist and writer. In 1924, she was the first European woman to stay in Lhasa (Tibet). A militant childhood Only daughter of Alexandrine Borghmans and Louis David, Alexandra was
Nicknamed “The Great”, Maria Theresa of Austria is Archduchess of Austria, Queen of Hungary, Bohemia and Croatia. Reigning for 40 years, she is one of the greatest rulers of her time. A reserved child Daughter of Empress Elisabeth Christine and Emperor Charles VI, Marie-Thérèse Walburge Amélie Chr