Bahinabai Chaudhari (Devanagari: बहिणाबाई चौधरी) (1880 – 3 December 1951) was a noted Marathi poetess from Maharashtra, India.[1]
She was born in 24 August 1880 (Nagpanchami) in Asoda in Khandesh District (present-day Jalgaon district). At the age of 13, she was married to Nathuji Chaudhari and became an early widow.[1]
Though Bahinabai was totally illiterate, she was an accomplished poetess. She verbally composed her poems in ovi (ओवी) metre, and her son Sopandev Chaudhari (1907–1982) wrote them down on paper. Her poems in Leva Ganboli language reflected her minute observations of nature and human life around her. They displayed her sense of subtle humor and much wisdom.
Bahinabai Chaudhari biography on Marathi Leva samaj portal Nashik Gazetteer mention of Bahinabai