1. Kamila Tyabji was an Indian philanthropist and lawyer.
11 Facts About Kamila Tyabji
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Kamila Faiz Badruddin Tyabji was born in Bombay, a member of the prominent Muslim Tyabji family of that city.
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Kamila Tyabji's father was Faiz Badruddin Tyabji, a judge, and her mother Salima was a member of the Bombay Legislative Assembly.
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Kamila Tyabji's grandfather was Badruddin Tyabji, third president of the Indian National Congress.
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Kamila Tyabji's brother was Badruddin Tyabji, Laila Tyabji is her niece, and Zafar Futehally was her first cousin.
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Kamila 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.
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Kamila Tyabji was one of the earliest Muslim women to study at Oxford, arriving in 1937, only two years younger than Velia Abdel-Huda, who is credited as first.
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Kamila Tyabji wore "brilliant silken saris" while she practiced insurance law in London for 25 years, and hosted a BBC television program, Asian Club, with Shakuntala Shrinagesh, between 1953 and 1956.
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Kamila Tyabji began the Kamila Trust in the UK, to support the work of the WIT and open a London shop, Kashi, to sell WIT goods.
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Kamila Tyabji wrote Limited Interests in Muhammadan Law, "Education and Life: Some Rethinking for Commonwealth Women", and "Polygamy, Unilateral Divorce, and Mahr in Muslim Law as Interpreted in India".
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Kamila Tyabji was India's representative on the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women.