Vyarawalla, Homai

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Name (Latin)
Vyarawalla, Homai
Other forms of name
Vyarāvālā, Homāya
Dalda 13
Date of birth
1913-12-09
Date of death
2012-01-15
Gender
female
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 2230314
Wikidata: Q2548564
Library of congress: no2006110647
Sources of Information
  • Homāya Vyārāvālā, 2021:page 4 (born on December 09, 1913) page 94 (died on January 15, 2012)
  • Camera chronicles of Homai Vyarawalla, 2006:t.p. (Homai Vyarawalla; India's first woman press photographer, b. 1913, in Navsari, Gujarat)
  • New York times WWW site, Jan. 30, 2012(in obituary published Jan. 28: Homai Vyarawalla; b. Dec. 9, 1913, Navsari, Gujarat; d. Jan. 15, Vadodara, aged 98; photojournalist celebrated in India for chronicling the country's march toward independence and capturing enduring images of world figures like Mohandas K. Gandhi, Ho Chi Minh, and American presidents of the mid-20th century; to many Indians she was known as Dalda 13, a coinage derived from her license plate number, DLD-13)