Amina Hydari | |
Birth Name: | Amina Najmuddin Tyabji[1] |
Birth Place: | Hyderabad, Hyderabad State, British India |
Death Place: | Hyderabad, Hyderabad State, British India |
Nationality: | Indian |
Occupation: | Social worker |
Spouse: | Akbar Hydari |
Children: | 7; including Muhammad Saleh Akbar Hydari |
Relatives: | Badruddin Tyabji (uncle) |
Family: | Tyabji family |
Amina Hydari (1878–1939) was an Indian social worker. In 1908, she received the Kaisar-i-Hind Medal, the first woman recipient, for her work during the Great Musi Flood of 1908.[2] The wife of former Prime Minister of Kingdom of Hyderabad Akbar Hydari, she founded the Lady Hydari Club in 1929[3] and Mahboobia Girls School, the first girls' school in the State.[4] [5] Her uncle was the lawyer and congressman Badruddin Tyabji.[6]
She founded the Lady Hydari Club in 1929 exclusively for women.[7]