Kidambi Srinivasa Santha
Kidambi Srinivasa Santha was born in 1934 at Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh. She graduated from Madras University and earned her Masters’ degree and PhD from Banaras Hindu University, where she went on to teach history. Her knowledge of Persian and Urdu facilitated her engagement with 18th and 19th century texts and allowed her to undertake the first major systematic study of the Begums of Awadh. The Begums of Awadh was published by Bharati Prakashan in Varanasi in 1980, through a publication grant from the Indian Council of Historical Research. It received praise from prominent historians of the field such as Dr. Ishwari Prasad.
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