Claim: Kamal Kumari Barooah, the matriarch of the Khongiya Barooah family of Thengal, Assam, was an Indian woman known for being an entrepreneur in a male-dominated society.
Evidence: Kamal Kumari Barooah (Assamese: কমল কুমাৰী বৰুৱা) (1899–1978) was the matriarch of the Khongiya Barooah family of Thengal, Assam. Indian Pioneer woman,
Entrepreneur in a male-dominated society Noted Indian entrepreneur, tea planter and philanthropist Hemendra Prasad Barooah was her son.