Homai Vyarawalla: The trailblazer who became India's first woman photojournalist

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Homai Vyarawalla, India's first woman photojournalist, is best known for documenting the country's transition from a British colony to a newly independent nation. The BBC chronicles her life and career through a rare collection of her work.

Ms Vyarawalla was born on 9 December 1913 in the western Indian state of Gujarat. Her family belonged to India's tiny but influential Parsi community.

She spent much of her childhood on the move because her father was an actor in a travelling theatre group. But the family soon moved to Mumbai (then Bombay), where she attended the JJ School of Art.

She was in college when she met Manekshaw Vyarawalla, a freelance photographer, who she would later marry. It was he who introduced her to photography.
The woman who made history with her camera

She took her last photo in 1970 and won an award in 2011. Just another woman doing it rather than just talking about it.
 

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