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Women Indian independence activists

  • Kasturba GandhiKasturba Gokuldas Kapadia entered the world on the 11th of April 1869 in the coastal town of Porbandar. Her family belonged to the Modh Bania caste, a group…
  • Annie BesantAnnie Wood was born on the 1st of October 1847 in London. Her father William Burton Persse Wood died when she was five years old.
  • MirabehnMadeleine Slade was born on the 22nd of November 1892 into a well-connected British family. Her father served as Rear-Admiral Sir Edmond Slade, an officer in…
  • Sarojini NaiduSarojini Naidu was born on the 13th of February 1879 in Hyderabad. Her father Aghorenath Chattopadhyay held a doctorate from Edinburgh University and served…