Kasturba Gandhi (1869-1944), known as Ba, was an Indian freedom fighter and the wife of Mohandas Gandhi. She was born in Porbandar in Gujarat, the daughter of a well-to-do businessman, and was married to Gandhi in 1882 while still a child. She worked alongside her husband, joined the struggle for the rights of Indians in South Africa, and was arrested in 1913 and sentenced to three months of hard labor. Back in India she often took his place in the movement when he was in prison. After the Quit India movement she was detained with him at the Aga Khan Palace in Poona, where she died on 22 February 1944. She is remembered as a partner in the nonviolent independence struggle.
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Indian freedom fighter
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dau. of Gokuladas Makharji (well-to-do businessman)
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Born 1869 at Porbandar in Gujarat, India
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died Feb 22, 1944, in Poona, India
In Era: The British Raj, Entry summary
following the Quit India movement
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