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Kasturba Mohandas Gandhi (listen ⓘ, born Kasturba Gokuldas Kapadia; 11 April 1869 – 22 February 1944) was an Indian political activist who was involved in the Indian independence movement during British India.
May 7, 2024 · Kasturba Gandhi (born April 11, 1869, Porbandar, India—died February 22, 1944, Pune) was an Indian political activist who was a leader in the struggle for civil rights and for independence from British rule in India. She was the wife of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi.
In this journey of a man who is regarded as the father of the nation, an integral companion was his wife, Kasturba Gandhi. Kasturba Gandhi's name is often lost in the face of Gandhi's leadership but she was his pillar of support, the first individual who was a part of him like none other.
Kasturba Gandhi was also immortal part of India's freedom fight. In association with Mahatma Gandhi, Kasturba Gandhi was a political activist fighting for civil rights and Indian independence from the British.
Feb 22, 2023 · Kasturba Gandhi, the wife of Indian independence leader Mahatma Gandhi, passed away on February 22, 1944, at the age of 74. Kasturba Gandhi played a vital role in India's struggle for independence alongside her husband, and she was also an activist and a politician in her own right.
Introduction. Kasturba Gandhi's life has for so long been overshadowed by the story of Mahatma Gandhi that it is difficult to find out much about her life, her views or reactions to events or people.
Kasturba Gandhi, known affectionately as Ba, was married to Mohandas Gandhi in 1882 when she was but thirteen years old. When Gandhi left for London in 1888, she did not accompany him: she was already a mother, since Harilal had been born earlier that year.
Soon after the arrest of Gandhi together with members of the Congress Working Committee on August 8, 1942, Kasturba was told by the Bombay police that, although she was not under arrest, she...
Kasturba. Life Sketch of Kasturba. Kasturba was born in Porbandar in April 1869, a few months before Gandhiji and in the same town. Her father, Gokuldas Makanji, was a merchant and a friend of Gandhiji's father, Karamchand or 'Kaba' Gandhi. Both the parents decided to knit their families closer together by marrying their two children.
Dec 17, 2022 · Kastur, who was Gandhi’s comrade and companion, was a woman of strength who experimented with the power of truth. She broke taboos by offering satyagraha in South Africa to protest a law that allowed only marriages performed under Christian rites to be registered.
