Bhagwati Bhola Nauth

Bhagwati Bhola Nauth (born c. 1882) was an Indian social reformer, activist and suffragist.^[1]

Life

Nauth was born in Lahore, British India, around 1882. She married Major Bhola Nauth,^[2] a doctor who worked in the Indian Medical Service, and they had two sons.^[3] She lived in England from 1908.^[2]

Nauth was the honorary secretary of the Indian Women’s Educational Fund was also a member of the Eastern League.^[4]

On 17 June 1911, the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU)^[6] organised a Women's Coronation Procession, using the coronation of King George V to demand the vote for white women.^[7]^[8] Jane Cobden and Lolita Roy gathered an Indian contingent in advance of the procession, forming 'part of the 'Imperial contingent'. Nauth was among the group of Indian women who marched.^[9]

The women were invited to attend to appear "exotic"^[10] and to demonstrate "the strength of support for women's suffrage throughout the Empire."^[6] Their "beautiful dresses" (saris) drew admiring glances from the public.^[11] Nauth has been identified as one of the women marching with an appliquéd banner in a photograph from the procession.^[12]^[13]

Nauth was later involved in petitioning the British government for the enfranchisement of Indian women.^[3]^[14]

Her date of death is unknown.

References

^ Khan, Mariam (27 February 2023). "Forgotten Indian women who dedicated their lives to fighting for women's rights". My London. Retrieved 28 January 2025.
^ ^a ^b Mukherjee, Sumita (16 April 2018). Indian Suffragettes: Female Identities and Transnational Networks. Oxford University Press. pp. 33–35. ISBN 978-0-19-909370-0.
^ ^a ^b Crawford, Elizabeth (11 February 2018). "The black and Asian women who fought for a vote". BBC News. Retrieved 28 January 2025.
^ Hoque, Nikhat (3 February 2019). "Meet 7 Indian Suffragettes Of The British Suffrage Movement". Feminism in India. Retrieved 28 January 2025.
^ "Imperial Pageant, Women's Coronation Procession". London Museum. Retrieved 28 January 2025.
^ ^a ^b "Lolita Roy and Indian Suffragettes, Coronation Procession - Museum of London". Google Arts & Culture. Retrieved 28 January 2025.
^ Mukherjee, Sumita (30 October 2017). "Black History Month: Diversity and the British female Suffrage movement". The Fawcett Society. Retrieved 28 January 2025.
^ "Have Women of Color Been Written Out of The Women's Movement ?". Google Arts & Culture. Retrieved 28 January 2025.
^ Perry, Sarah (1 October 2020). Essex Girls: For Profane and Opinionated Women Everywhere. Serpent's Tail. ISBN 978-1-78283-821-0.
^ Santos, Inês (17 March 2021). "On the trail of the Indian suffragettes – Dr Sumita Mukherjee, Associate Professor in Modern History at the University of Bristol". Womanthology. Retrieved 28 January 2025.
^ Raw, Louise (12 July 2020). "Standing on the shoulders of giantesses: working-class women suffragettes: Louise Raw". Woman's Place UK. Retrieved 28 January 2025.
^ "Plinth to mark centenary of women's suffrage includes South Asian and Jewish women". Religious Reader. 6 February 2018. Retrieved 28 January 2025.
^ Cowman, Krista (31 July 2024). The Routledge Companion to British Women’s Suffrage. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-1-351-36571-0.
^ Mukherjee, Sumita (4 July 2022). "Mobility, race and the politicisation of Indian students in Britain before the Second World War". History of Education. 51 (4): 560–577. doi:10.1080/0046760X.2021.2010815. hdl:1983/b1e10f74-5e23-400f-8552-e5ecb8ef6eb7. ISSN 0046-760X.

[1] Khan, Mariam (27 February 2023). "Forgotten Indian women who dedicated their lives to fighting for women's rights". My London. Retrieved 28 January 2025.

[:0-2] Mukherjee, Sumita (16 April 2018). Indian Suffragettes: Female Identities and Transnational Networks. Oxford University Press. pp. 33–35. ISBN 978-0-19-909370-0.

[:1-3] Crawford, Elizabeth (11 February 2018). "The black and Asian women who fought for a vote". BBC News. Retrieved 28 January 2025.

[4] Hoque, Nikhat (3 February 2019). "Meet 7 Indian Suffragettes Of The British Suffrage Movement". Feminism in India. Retrieved 28 January 2025.

[5] "Imperial Pageant, Women's Coronation Procession". London Museum. Retrieved 28 January 2025.

[:2-6] "Lolita Roy and Indian Suffragettes, Coronation Procession - Museum of London". Google Arts & Culture. Retrieved 28 January 2025.

[7] Mukherjee, Sumita (30 October 2017). "Black History Month: Diversity and the British female Suffrage movement". The Fawcett Society. Retrieved 28 January 2025.

[8] "Have Women of Color Been Written Out of The Women's Movement ?". Google Arts & Culture. Retrieved 28 January 2025.

[9] Perry, Sarah (1 October 2020). Essex Girls: For Profane and Opinionated Women Everywhere. Serpent's Tail. ISBN 978-1-78283-821-0.

[10] Santos, Inês (17 March 2021). "On the trail of the Indian suffragettes – Dr Sumita Mukherjee, Associate Professor in Modern History at the University of Bristol". Womanthology. Retrieved 28 January 2025.

[11] Raw, Louise (12 July 2020). "Standing on the shoulders of giantesses: working-class women suffragettes: Louise Raw". Woman's Place UK. Retrieved 28 January 2025.

[12] "Plinth to mark centenary of women's suffrage includes South Asian and Jewish women". Religious Reader. 6 February 2018. Retrieved 28 January 2025.

[13] Cowman, Krista (31 July 2024). The Routledge Companion to British Women’s Suffrage. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-1-351-36571-0.

[14] Mukherjee, Sumita (4 July 2022). "Mobility, race and the politicisation of Indian students in Britain before the Second World War". History of Education. 51 (4): 560–577. doi:10.1080/0046760X.2021.2010815. hdl:1983/b1e10f74-5e23-400f-8552-e5ecb8ef6eb7. ISSN 0046-760X.

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