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Swarup Rani Nehru (née Thussu, 1868 – 10 January 1938) was an Indian independence activist. She was the wife of barrister and Indian National Congress leader Motilal Nehru and the mother of India's first Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru.
Jul 21, 2023 · A childhood photo of Jawaharlal Nehru with his mother Swarup Rani is being shared while misidentifying her as a Muslim woman named Rahman Bai. BOOM found that the claims are false and the photo shows Nehru with his mother and Motilal Nehru's wife, Swarup Rani.
Dec 5, 2022 · Swarup Rani Nehru was an ardent supporter of civil disobedience against the British Raj and its salt laws and encouraged women to make salt. News9Live Staff Published: 05 Dec 2022 14:11:PM. She played a prominent role in India’s freedom movement in the 1920s–30s. (Photo credit: Wikimedia Commons) Key Highlights.
Swarup Rani Nehru, Jawaharlal's Mother and Motilal's second wife, was once severely beaten as she took part in an anti‐British demonstration.
Jan 4, 2021 · Swarup Rani Nehru was not just the wife of an experienced politician or the mother of the first Prime Minister of India and the first woman President of the United Nations General Assembly.
Jul 23, 2024 · His mother, Swarup Rani Thussu, hailed from a prominent Kashmiri Brahmin family in Lahore. Nehru had two sisters: Vijaya Lakshmi, who became the first female President of the United Nations General Assembly, and Krishna Hutheesing, a noted writer.
Motilal Nehru visited England to meet his son who was studying at Cambridge. From left: Krishna Kumari, Swarup Rani (Vijay Lakshmi), Motilal Nehru, Sarup Kumari (Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit), Jawaharlal Nehru. The letters begin shortly after Nehru arrived in England to attend school and when Pandit was four years old.
