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- Prabhavati Devi Narayan (née Prasad; 1904 – 15 April 1973) was an Indian independence activist from the present-day state of Bihar, and wife of compatriot independence and social activist, Jayprakash Narayan.
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Prabhavati Devi Narayan (née Prasad; 1904 – 15 April 1973) was an Indian independence activist from the present-day state of Bihar, and wife of compatriot independence and social activist, Jayprakash Narayan.
At the age of 17, Jayaprakash was married to Prabhavati Devi, daughter of lawyer and nationalist Brij Kishore Prasad in October 1919. Prabhavati was very independent and on Gandhi's invitation, went to stay at his ashram while Jayaprakash continued his studies. [ 32 ]
Indian actor Chetan Pandit played the character of Jayaprakash Narayan and Tisca Chopra played the character of his wife Prabhavati Devi. In 2013, an Indian television political documentary series titled ‘ Pradhanmantri’ was released in which the Indian actor Achyut Potdar played the character of Jayaprakash Narayan.
- 11 October 1902 (Saturday)
- Diabetes, Heart Disease
- 8 October 1979
- Patna, Bihar
Her motto was India’s Independence through the Gandhian method of truth and non-violence, sometimes contrary to the action of her husband Jayaprakash Narayan. During Jayaprakash’s foreign trip, Prabhavati went to stay at Gandhiji’s Sabarmati Ashram.
Prabhavati Devi Narayan (née Prasad; 1904 – 15 April 1973) was an Indian independence activist from the present-day state of Bihar, and wife of compatriot independence and social activist, Jayprakash Narayan.
Jayaprakash Narayan married Prabhavati Devi in 1920. His wife, just 14 years old at the time of marriage, evolved to become a prominent freedom fighter and Gandhian in her own right. Prabhavati was very independent and moved to Gandhi's ashram when Narayan went to the U.S. for his higher studies.
Daughter of a famous Gandhian Lawyer, Brajkishor Prasad, Prabhavati Devi was married to Jayprakash Narayan. A passionate follower of Mahatma Gandhi, she spent most of her early life in the Gandhi Ashram.
