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Kasturba Gandhi
Kasturba Mohandas Gandhi was an Indian political activist who was involved in the Indian independence movement during British India. She was married to Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, commonly known as Mahatma Gandhi. National Safe Motherhood Day is observed in India annually on 11 April, coinciding with Kasturba's birthday.
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politics · Wife of Mahatma Gandhi (1869–1944) · activist · politician · freedom fighter · also Kasturba Gandhi, Baa, Kasturbai, Kasturbai Gandhi, Kasturba Makharji, Kasthoorba Gandhi
Born 11 April 1869 · Died 22 February 1944 · Q264908
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2026· 5 entries
“No, because millions of people are gonna die. And one of them”
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NewsBytes: Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya students in Siddipet hospitalized after meals
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India West: Kasturba Gandhi’s Sole Diary Brings Her Voice to The Foreground of History
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The Free Press Journal: Who Was Kasturba Gandhi? Remembering Her Role In India's Freedom Movement
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2025· 1 entry
Deccan Chronicle: Kasturba Gandhi college celebrates golden jubilee
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2023· 1 entry
PBS: Kasturba Gandhi: Accidental Activist
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2018· 1 entry
Wall Street Journal: Consider What Kasturba Gandhi Had to Endure
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1944· 1 entry
Died 1944-02-22.
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1942· 1 entry
Was arrested again, along with Mohandas and other freedom fighters, for participating in the Quit India movement
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1939· 1 entry
Kasturba took part in nonviolent protests against the British rule in Rajkot, after the women in the city specifically asked her to advocate for them
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1930· 1 entry
But continued to take part in many civil disobedience campaigns and marches
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1922· 1 entry
Participated in a Satyagraha (nonviolent resistance) movement in Borsad, Gujarat even though she was in poor health
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1917· 1 entry
Kasturba worked for women's welfare in Champaran, Bihar where Mohandas was working with indigo farmers
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1913· 1 entry
Took part in protests against the ill-treatment of Indian immigrants in South Africa, for which she was arrested and sentenced to hard labour
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1906· 1 entry
Mohandas took a vow of chastity, or brahamacharya
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1904· 1 entry
When, with her husband and others, she established the Phoenix Settlement near Durban
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1896· 1 entry
The family joined Mohandas in South Africa
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1893· 1 entry
Once again leaving behind Kasturba and his children
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1891· 1 entry
And in 1892 Kasturba gave birth to another son, Manilal
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1888· 1 entry
Soon after their second child was born, a son named Harilal
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1869· 1 entry
Born 1869-04-11.
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