Vyarawalla, Homai

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Name (Latin)
Vyarawalla, Homai
Other forms of name
Dalda 13
Date of birth
1913-12-09
Date of death
2012-01-15
Gender
female
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
VIAF: 2230314
Wikidata: Q2548564
Library of congress: no2006110647
Sources of Information
  • Camera chronicles of Homai Vyarawalla, 2006:t.p. (Homai Vyarawalla; India's first woman press photographer, b. 1913, in Navsari, Gujarat)
  • New York times WWW site, Jan. 30, 2012(in obituary published Jan. 28: Homai Vyarawalla; b. Dec. 9, 1913, Navsari, Gujarat; d. Jan. 15, Vadodara, aged 98; photojournalist celebrated in India for chronicling the country's march toward independence and capturing enduring images of world figures like Mohandas K. Gandhi, Ho Chi Minh, and American presidents of the mid-20th century; to many Indians she was known as Dalda 13, a coinage derived from her license plate number, DLD-13)
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Wikipedia description:

Homai Vyarawalla (9 December 1913 – 15 January 2012), commonly known by her pseudonym Dalda 13, was India's first woman photojournalist. She began her career in 1938 working for the Bombay Chronicle, capturing images of daily life in the city. Vyarawalla worked for the British Information Services from the 1940s until 1970 when she retired. In 2011, she was awarded Padma Vibhushan, the second highest civilian award of the Republic of India. She was amongst the first women in India to join a mainstream publication when she joined The Illustrated Weekly of India. A pioneer in her field, Vyarawalla died at the age of 98. Google doodle honoured India's "First Lady of the lens" in 2017 with a tapestry of Indian life and history drawn by guest doodler Sameer Kulavoor.

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