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Fearless Nadia Google Doodle

2,300 views · Published 8 January 2018 · 1:21 · Indexed 12 November 2026

Channel: Rajamanickam Antonimuthu · 2018 · Film & Animation

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The Search Engine Google is showing this Doodle in India for Fearless Nadia’s 110th Birthday.

Born Mary Ann Evans on this day in 1908 in Perth, Australia, the blue-eyed blonde actress “Fearless Nadia” earned her nickname as the original Bollywood stuntwoman in the 1930s and 1940s.

After learning the ropes of outdoor living in Peshawar, she first joined a touring dance troupe in Bombay, then the Zarco Circus. After changing her name to Nadia on the advice of a fortune teller, she was cast in cameos before striking upon the winning film formula: Fearless Nadia, action heroine.

In her first lead role, JBH Wadia’s 1935 film Hunterwali (The Lady of the Whip), Fearless Nadia blazed onto the screen in leather shorts, a mask, and cape, performing all of her own stunts.  After leaving the cameras behind in the early 60’s, Riyad Wadia’s 1993 documentary Fearless: The Hunterwali Story brought the passionate trailblazer back to the limelight once again.
Image Credit: Google Doodle
Read more details about Fearless Nadia at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fearless_Nadia
See the Google Doodle for Fearless Nadia’s 110th Birthday at https://www.google.com/doodles/fearless-nadias-110th-birthday

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