Kasturba Gandhi
Kasturbai "Kasturba" Mohandas Gandhi (
listen (info • help) born Kasturbai Makhanji Kapadia on (11 April 1869 – 22 February 1944) was an Indian political activist. She was the wife of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. Like her husband, she was involved in the Indian independence movement in British-ruled India.[1]
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| Born | Kasturbai Makhanji Kapadia 11 April 1869 Porbandar, Porbandar State, Kathiawar Agency, Bombay Presidency, British India (present-day Gujarat, India) |
| Died | 22 February 1944 (aged 74) |
| Other names | Kasturba Mohandas Gandhi Kasturba Makhanji Kapadia |
| Occupation | Activist |
| Spouse(s) | Mahatma Gandhi (m. 1883; her death 1944) |
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Kasturba Gandhi Media
Kasturba Gandhi and her four sons, Harilal (left), Manilal (right), Ramdas (second left), and Devdas (second right), in South-Africa, 1902. She is wearing the traditional Indian Saree in the Parsi style.
Bengali poet Rabindranath Tagore with Mahatma Gandhi and Kasturba Gandhi at Santiniketan, 1940.
Kasturba with Mohandas in the 1930s
Kasturba and Mohandas in 1902
Kasturba Gandhi memorial stone (on the right) with the memorial stone of Mahadev Desai in Aga Khan Palace, Pune where she died
Kasturba and Mohandas on an Indian Postal Stamp (1969)
Mohandas Gandhi and Kasturba Gandhi at Eternal Gandhi Multimedia Museum, Gandhi Smriti (Birla House), Tees January Marg, New Delhi.
Kasturba Gandhi Postal Stamp (1964)
References
- ↑ Mohanty, Rekha (2011). "From Satya to Sadbhavna" (PDF). Orissa Review (January 2011): 45–49. Retrieved 23 February 2012.