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Detailed explanation-1: -She broke some major stories, that received national attention back in the day, which included, a plot by two Canadian pilots who were trying to smuggle gold through the Sunderbans and the the Chinakuri mine disaster in Asansol. India’s first woman photo journalist, Vyarawalla, was popularly known as ‘Dalda 13.

Detailed explanation-2: -Homai Vyarawalla (1913-2012) was a pioneer in more than one sense of the word. Not only was she India’s first female photojournalist but her career documented the overthrow of British colonial rule. Born in 1913 in Navsari, Gujarat, to a Parsi family, Homai spent her earliest years in and around Bombay.

Detailed explanation-3: -Josiah Rowe, a Calcutta surveyor, was hailed as ‘the father of photography in India’ by Dr F. J. Mouat, the first president of the Bengal Photographic Society, but as yet no photographs have been found that can be attributed to him.