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== Early life and education ==
== Early life and education ==
Kamila Faiz Badruddin Tyabji was born in [[Mumbai|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]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|last=Khan|first=Danish|date=2012-02-15|title=Jam and chutney for the unskilled|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/jam-and-chutney-for-the-unskilled/article2893386.ece|access-date=2020-10-30|issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Karlitzky|first=Maren|date=2002|title=The Tyabji Clan: Urdu as a Symbol of Group Identity|url=https://minds.wisconsin.edu/bitstream/handle/1793/18430/st17_Karlitzky.pdf;jsessionid=6769BAC291D6AFAE55C5DC895E593CD3?sequence=2|journal=The Annual of Urdu Studies|pages=193}}</ref> Her grandfather was [[Badruddin Tyabji]] (1844-1906), third president of the [[Indian National Congress]]. Her brother was [[Badruddin Tyabji (diplomat)|Badruddin Tyabji]], [[Laila Tyabji]] is her niece, and [[Zafar Futehally]] was her first cousin.
Kamila Faiz Badruddin Tyabji was born in [[Mumbai|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]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|last=Khan|first=Danish|date=2012-02-15|title=Jam and chutney for the unskilled|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/jam-and-chutney-for-the-unskilled/article2893386.ece|access-date=2020-10-30|issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Karlitzky|first=Maren|date=2002|title=The Tyabji Clan: Urdu as a Symbol of Group Identity|url=https://minds.wisconsin.edu/bitstream/handle/1793/18430/st17_Karlitzky.pdf;jsessionid=6769BAC291D6AFAE55C5DC895E593CD3?sequence=2|journal=The Annual of Urdu Studies|pages=193}}</ref> Her grandfather was [[Badruddin Tyabji]] (1844-1906), third president of the [[Indian National Congress]]. Her brother was [[Badruddin Tyabji (diplomat)|Badruddin Tyabji]], [[Laila Tyabji]] is her niece, and [[Zafar Futehally]] was her first cousin.{{fact|date=June 2022}}


Tyabji attended [[St. Xavier's College, Mumbai|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,<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|last=Khan|first=Naseem|date=2004-06-15|title=Obituary: Kamila Tyabji|url=http://www.theguardian.com/news/2004/jun/15/guardianobituaries.india|access-date=2020-10-30|website=the Guardian|language=en}}</ref> arriving in 1937,<ref>{{Cite news|date=15 September 1937|title=Miss Kamila Tyabji|page=5|work=The Bombay Chronicle|url=https://archive.org/details/dli.granth.12282/page/4/mode/2up?q=Kamila+Tyabji|access-date=October 30, 2020|via=Internet Archive}}</ref> only two years younger than [[Velia Abdel-Huda]], who is credited as first.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Sarin|first=Sophie|date=2013-01-01|title=Princess Lulie Flamboyant: Art historian and friend of Freya Stark and|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/princess-lulie-flamboyant-art-historian-and-friend-freya-stark-and-anthony-blunt-8434225.html|access-date=2020-10-31|website=The Independent|language=en}}</ref>
Tyabji attended [[St. Xavier's College, Mumbai|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,<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|last=Khan|first=Naseem|date=2004-06-15|title=Obituary: Kamila Tyabji|url=http://www.theguardian.com/news/2004/jun/15/guardianobituaries.india|access-date=2020-10-30|website=the Guardian|language=en}}</ref> arriving in 1937,<ref>{{Cite news|date=15 September 1937|title=Miss Kamila Tyabji|page=5|work=The Bombay Chronicle|url=https://archive.org/details/dli.granth.12282/page/4/mode/2up?q=Kamila+Tyabji|access-date=30 October 2020|via=Internet Archive}}</ref> only two years younger than [[Velia Abdel-Huda]], who is credited as first.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Sarin|first=Sophie|date=2013-01-01|title=Princess Lulie Flamboyant: Art historian and friend of Freya Stark and|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/princess-lulie-flamboyant-art-historian-and-friend-freya-stark-and-anthony-blunt-8434225.html|access-date=2020-10-31|website=The Independent|language=en}}</ref>


== Career ==
== Career ==

Latest revision as of 08:04, 24 June 2022


Kamila Tyabji
A young South Asian woman, with dark hair parted center, wearing a sari.
Kamila Tyabji as a young woman, from a 1937 newspaper.
Born
Kamila Faiz Badruddin Tyabji

14 February 1918
Mumbai
Died17 May 2004 (2004-05-18) (aged 86)
Mumbai
OccupationLawyer, philanthropist

Kamila Tyabji (14 February 1918 – 17 May 2004) was an Indian philanthropist and lawyer.

Early life and education[edit | edit source]

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.[1][2] Her grandfather was 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,[3] arriving in 1937,[4] only two years younger than Velia Abdel-Huda, who is credited as first.[5]

Career[edit | edit source]

Tyabji wore "brilliant silken saris" while she practiced insurance law in London for 25 years,[1] and hosted a BBC television program, Asian Club, with Shakuntala Shrinagesh, between 1953 and 1956.[6][7] In 1960 she was founder and first chair of the Women's Indian Association of the United Kingdom.[8]

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.[1][9] She began the Kamila Trust in the UK, to support the work of the WIT and open a London shop, Kashi, to sell WIT goods.[10]

Tyabji wrote Limited Interests in Muhammadan Law (1949),[11] "Education and Life: Some Rethinking for Commonwealth Women" (1966),[12] and "Polygamy, Unilateral Divorce, and Mahr in Muslim Law as Interpreted in India". She was India's representative on the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women.[3]

Personal life and legacy[edit | edit source]

Tyabji died in Mumbai in 2004, aged 86 years.[3] WIT continues working for women's economic independence, and runs a nursing home and teacher training school in addition to its original activities.[1] The Kamila Tyabji WIT Centre in Panvel was named in her honour.[10][13][14] In 2014, she was posthumously awarded the KarmaVeer Puraskaar, for her lifetime achievements.[15]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Khan, Danish (15 February 2012). "Jam and chutney for the unskilled". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
  2. ↑ Karlitzky, Maren (2002). "The Tyabji Clan: Urdu as a Symbol of Group Identity". The Annual of Urdu Studies: 193.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Khan, Naseem (15 June 2004). "Obituary: Kamila Tyabji". the Guardian. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
  4. ↑ "Miss Kamila Tyabji". The Bombay Chronicle. 15 September 1937. p. 5. Retrieved 30 October 2020 – via Internet Archive.
  5. ↑ Sarin, Sophie (1 January 2013). "Princess Lulie Flamboyant: Art historian and friend of Freya Stark and". The Independent. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
  6. ↑ Pandit, Vaijayanti (2003). BUSINESS @ HOME. Vikas Publishing House. pp. 159–161. ISBN 978-81-259-1218-7.
  7. ↑ "Asian Club". BBC Genome. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
  8. ↑ Sheila Arora (1987). Twenty-Five Years Remenbered The Women's India Association of the United Kingdom 1960-1985. Public Resource. p. 70. ISBN 978-0-9511872-0-3.
  9. ↑ "Just Jammin'". The Times of India. 8 April 2001. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 CHARANTIMATH (2013). Entrepreneurship Development and Small Business Enterprises. Pearson Education India. pp. 116–117. ISBN 978-93-325-0953-5.
  11. ↑ Tyabji, Kamila (1949). Limited Interests in Muhammadan Law. Stevens.
  12. ↑ 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.
  13. ↑ "Repairs of Kamila Tyabji Centre". WIT. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
  14. ↑ Bhavika. "WIT: This Women's Trust Makes Everything From Cushion Covers To Stationery". LBB, Mumbai. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
  15. ↑ KarmaVeer Paraskaar Awardees, 2014-2015.

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