Bilkis Dadi

Bilkis Dadi
Born (1938-01-01) 1 January 1938 (age 86)
Hapur, Uttar Pradesh, British Raj[1]
Other namesThe Dadi of Shaheen Bagh
Known forSitting at Shaheen Bagh protests

Bilkis Bano,[2] nicknamed Bilkis Dadi (lit. transl. 'Grandmother Bilkis'), is an Indian activist who was at the forefront of protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 (CAA) passed by the central Government of India.[3][4] She received national and international coverage during the sit-in protest in Shaheen Bagh in Delhi. For her role in the Shaheen Bagh protest, she came to be known as one of the 'Dadis of Shaheen Bagh' (English: Grandmothers of Shaheen Bagh) and went on to be listed on the Time 100 list and BBC's 100 Women in 2020. She was named "Woman of the Year" in The World's 500 Most Influential Muslims for 2020.

  1. ^ "'PM Modi is my son': says Shaheen Bagh's 'Bilkis Dadi' named in Time's most influential people". Hindustan Times. 25 September 2020. Retrieved 13 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Time Magazine names Bilkis, Dadi of Shaheen Bagh, among 100 most influential people - Dadi of Shaheen Bagh". The Economic Times. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
  3. ^ "Shaheen Bagh 'dadi' Bilkis named in Time Magazine's list of 100 Most Influential People". India Today. Archived from the original on 23 September 2020. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
  4. ^ India's Bilkis Bano: The grandmother who stood up to Modi (Video), Deutsche Welle, 10 December 2020, retrieved 30 March 2021