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Kamila Tyabji
Kamila Tyabji as a young woman, from a 1937 newspaper.
Born
Kamila Faiz Badruddin Tyabji
Mumbai
Died 17 May 2004 (2004-05-18 ) (aged 86 )
Mumbai
Occupation(s ) Lawyer, philanthropist Family Tyabji family
Kamila Tyabji (14 February 1918 – 17 May 2004) was an Indian philanthropist and lawyer. As a lawyer, Tyabji was renowned for being London's only woman barrister and the first to argue a case before the Privy Council .[1]
Early life and education [ edit ]
Kamila Faiz Badruddin Tyabji was born in Bombay , a member of the prominent Muslim Tyabji family of that city. Her father was Faiz Badruddin Tyabji, a judge, and her mother Salima was a member of the Bombay Legislative Assembly .[2] [3] Badruddin Tyabji (1844-1906), third president of the Indian National Congress . Her brother was Badruddin Tyabji , Laila Tyabji is her niece, and Zafar Futehally was her first cousin.[citation needed
Tyabji attended St. Xavier's College in Bombay, and St Hugh's College, Oxford ; at the latter school, she was a classmate of Indira Gandhi 's. She was one of the earliest Muslim women to study at Oxford,[4] [5] Velia Abdel-Huda , who is credited as first.[6]
Tyabji wore "brilliant silken saris" while she practiced insurance law in London for 25 years,[2] BBC television program, Asian Club , with Shakuntala Shrinagesh, between 1953 and 1956.[7] [8] Women's Indian Association of the United Kingdom .[9]
After returning to India in the mid-1960s, Tyabji founded a charity, the Women's India Trust (WIT) in 1968, to improve women's economic independence by supporting home-based work including sewing, embroidery, and cookery.[2] [10] [11]
Tyabji wrote Limited Interests in Muhammadan Law (1949),[12] [13] United Nations Commission on the Status of Women .[4]
Personal life and legacy [ edit ]
Tyabji died in Mumbai in 2004, aged 86 years.[4] [2] Panvel was named in her honour.[11] [14] [15] [16]
References [ edit ]
^ Karlitzky, Maren (2002). "The Tyabji Clan: Urdu as a Symbol of Group Identity" . The Annual of Urdu Studies : 193.
^ a b c Khan, Naseem (15 June 2004). "Obituary: Kamila Tyabji" . the Guardian . Retrieved 30 October 2020 .
^ "Miss Kamila Tyabji" . The Bombay Chronicle . 15 September 1937. p. 5 . Retrieved 30 October 2020 – via Internet Archive.
^ Sarin, Sophie (1 January 2013). "Princess Lulie Flamboyant: Art historian and friend of Freya Stark and" . The Independent . Retrieved 31 October 2020 .
^ Pandit, Vaijayanti (2003). BUSINESS @ HOME ISBN 978-81-259-1218-7
^ "Asian Club" . BBC Genome . Retrieved 30 October 2020 .
^ Sheila Arora (1987). Twenty-Five Years Remenbered The Women's India Association of the United Kingdom 1960-1985 ISBN 978-0-9511872-0-3
^ "Just Jammin' . The Times of India . 8 April 2001. Retrieved 30 October 2020 .
^ a b CHARANTIMATH (2013). Entrepreneurship Development and Small Business Enterprises ISBN 978-93-325-0953-5
^ Tyabji, Kamila (1949). Limited Interests in Muhammadan Law
^ TYABJI, KAMILA (1966). "Education and Life: Some Re-Thinking for Commonwealth Women" . Journal of the Royal Society of Arts . 114 (5116): 308–318. ISSN 0035-9114 . JSTOR 41369645 .
^ "Repairs of Kamila Tyabji Centre" . WIT . Retrieved 30 October 2020 .
^ Bhavika. "WIT: This Women's Trust Makes Everything From Cushion Covers To Stationery" . LBB, Mumbai . Retrieved 30 October 2020 .
^ KarmaVeer Paraskaar Awardees, 2014-2015 .
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