Amina Hydari (1878–1939) was an Indian social worker. In 1908, she received the

Kaisar-i-Hind Medal The Kaisar-i-Hind Medal for Public Service in India was a medal awarded by the Emperor/Empress of India between 1900 and 1947, to "any person without distinction of race, occupation, position, or sex ... who shall have distinguished himself (o ...

, the first woman recipient, for her work during the

Great Musi Flood of 1908 The Great Musi Flood was a devastating flood that occurred on 28 September 1908 in Hyderabad on the banks of the Musi River. The city of Hyderabad was the capital of the Hyderabad State, ruled by the Nizam, Mir Mahbub Ali Khan. The flood, l ...

. The wife of former Prime Minister of

Kingdom of Hyderabad Hyderabad State () was a princely state in the Deccan Plateau, Deccan region of south-central India with its capital at the city of Hyderabad. It is now divided into the present-day state of Telangana, the Kalyana-Karnataka region of Karnata ...

Akbar Hydari :''To be distinguished from his son who was the Governor of Assam, Muhammad Saleh Akbar Hydari.'' Sir Muhammad Akbar Nazar Ali Hydari, ''Sadr ul-Maham'', PC (1869–1941) was an Indian politician. He served as the Prime Minister of Hyderabad S ...

, she founded the

Lady Hydari Club Eleanor Roosevelt speaking at the club in 1952 Lady Hydari Club was an elite club exclusive to women in the erstwhile Hyderabad state in India. It was located in what is now the Old Gandhi Medical College near Basheerbagh. History The club was ...

in 1929 and Mahboobia Girls School, the first girls' school in the State. Her uncle was the lawyer and

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Badruddin Tyabji Badruddin Tyabji (10 October 1844 – 19 August 1906) was an Indian lawyer, activist, and politician during the British Raj. Tyabji was the first Indian to practice as a barrister of the High Court of Bombay. He also served as the third ...

Social life

She founded the

in 1929 exclusively for women.

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1878 births 1939 deaths Indian social workers Indian Ismailis Sulaymani Bohras Women from Hyderabad State People from Hyderabad State 19th-century Indian educators 20th-century Indian educators Women educators from Andhra Pradesh Educators from Andhra Pradesh 19th-century Indian women educators 20th-century Indian women educators Recipients of the Kaisar-i-Hind Medal Tyabji family Social workers from British India {{India-activist-stub

Social life

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