Kanbai Shivji Hirani
IndiacivilianFemale9.0Global Dominance: 0.00%Kanbai Shivji Hirani, one of the brave women from Madhapar village, was only in her early twenties when she participated in the remarkable effort to repair the Bhuj airstrip during the 1971 war, demonstrating extraordinary courage and selflessness.
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Kanbai Shivji Hirani was one of the first women to volunteer and help rebuild the runway.
How 300 women in sarees achieved the impossible by rebuilding Bhuj's bombed runway in just 72 hours |The Times of India·India· 2026-08-04
India· 2026-08-04
