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    Kamala Nehru

    Kamala Nehru (née Kaul; ; 1 August 1899 – 28 February 1936) was an Indian independence
    act ivist and t he wife of Jawaharlal Nehru, t he first prime minist er of India. Their daught er Indira
    Gandhi was t he first female prime minist er of India.

    Early life and marriage

    Kamala Kaul was born on 1 August 1899 t o Rajpat i and Jawahar Mull At al-Kaul, who were from a
    Kashmiri Pandit family of Old Delhi.[1]: 9–11 She was t he eldest child and had t wo brot hers, Chand
    Bahadur Kaul and t he bot anist , Kailas Nat h Kaul, and a sist er, Swaroop Kat hju.

    Jawaharlal and Kamala Nehru on their


    wedding day, 8 February 1916

    Kamala married Jawaharlal Nehru at t he age of 16 [1] at t he hist oric Haskar Haveli in Sit aram
    Bazar.[2] Her husband went t o a t rip in t he Himalayas short ly aft er t heir marriage.[3] In his
    aut obiography, Jawaharlal Nehru, referring t o his wife, st at ed "I almost overlooked her."[3] Nehru
    gave birt h t o a girl in November 1917, Indira Priyadarshini, who lat er succeeded her fat her as
    prime minist er and head of t he Congress part y.[3]

    Contribution to the Indian Independence Movement

    Kamala was involved wit h t he Nehrus in t he nat ional movement , t hat she emerged int o t he
    forefront . In t he Non Cooperat ion movement of 1921, she organized groups of women in
    Allahabad and picket ed shops selling foreign clot h
    Kamala Nehru
    and liquor. When her husband was arrest ed t o
    prevent him delivering a "sedit ious" public speech,
    she decided t o go in his place and read it out t o a
    large crowd of onlookers (filled wit h her
    support ers). The Brit ish soon realized t he t hreat
    t hat Kamala Nehru posed t o t hem and how
    popular she had become wit h women's groups all
    over India. She was arrest ed on t wo addit ional
    occasions for her involvement in Independence
    st ruggle act ivit ies, along wit h Sarojini Naidu,
    Kamala Nehru's mot her, and many ot her women of
    t he Indian freedom st ruggle.[4][5] During t his period Undated photograph
    she st art ed a dispensary in her house Swaraj
    Bhavan, convert ing few rooms int o a Congress Born Kamala Kaul
    1 August 1899
    Dispensary t o t reat wounded act ivist s, t heir
    Delhi, British India
    families, and ot her resident s of Allahabad(now
    (present-day India)
    Prayagraj). Aft er her deat h, Mahat ma Gandhi wit h
    t he help of ot her prominent leaders convert ed Died 28 February 1936
    t his dispensary int o a proper hospit al known as (aged 36)
    Lausanne,
    Kamla Nehru Memorial Hospit al in her memory.[6]
    Switzerland
    Kamala Nehru spent some t ime at Gandhi's ashram
    Occupation Independence
    wit h Kast urba Gandhi where she built a close
    activist
    friendship wit h Prabhavat i Devi – t he wife of
    freedom fight er Jayaprakash Narayan.[1]: 90–92 Spouse Jawaharlal Nehru (m. 1916)

    They were also freedom fight ers for Indian


    Children Indira Gandhi
    freedom from t he Brit ish. (daughter)

    Death Relatives Kailas Nath Kaul


    (brother)

    Kamala Nehru died from t uberculosis in Lausanne, Family Nehru–Gandhi


    Swit zerland, on 28 February 1936, wit h her family
    daught er and mot her-in-law by her side. During her
    last few years, Kamala Nehru was frequent ly ill and t aken t o a sanat orium in Swit zerland for
    t reat ment , t hough she ret urned t o India as she got well. In early 1935, as Kamala Nehru's healt h
    again det eriorat ed, she was t aken t o Badenweiler in Germany by Subhash Chandra Bose and
    admit t ed t o a sanat orium for t reat ment . Her husband Jawaharlal Nehru was in prison in India at
    t hat t ime. As her healt h worsened, Jawaharlal Nehru was released from prison and rushed t o
    Germany in Oct ober 1935. While Nehru's healt h improved init ially, it st art ed t o det eriorat e again in
    1936, and she died on 28 February. In t he prologue t o his aut obiography, in a chapt er added aft er
    Kamala's deat h, Jawaharlal Nehru recount s t hat he was devast at ed and remained in mourning for
    mont hs.[7]

    Legacy

    Nehru on a 1974 stamp of India

    A number of inst it ut ions in India, and a road in Pakist an, have been named in Kamala Nehru's honor,
    including:

    India

    Kamla Nehru Park in Mumbai

    Kamla Nehru Balika High School in Pat na

    Kamala Nehru College at Delhi Universit y

    Kamala Nehru College in Korba

    Kamla Nehru College for Women, Jodhpur in Jodhpur

    Kamala Nehru Degree Evening College in Bangalore

    Kamla Nehru Inst it ut e of Physical and Social Science Sult anpur (ht t ps://knipss.ac.in/) in
    Sult anpur

    Kamla Nehru Memorial Hospit al in Allahabad

    Kamala Nehru Polyt echnic in Hyderabad

    Kamala Nehru Park in Pune

    Kamla Nehru Prani Sangrahalay in Indore

    Kamala Nehru Memorial Vocat ional Higher Secondary School Vat anappally in Kerala

    Kamala Nehru Women's College in Bhubaneswar


    Shaskiya Kamla Nehru Girls Higher Secondary School in Bhopal

    Kamal Nehru Government Girls High School in Yanam (Puducherry)

    Kamala Nehru Park in Raigarh, Chat t isgarh

    Kamala Nehru Nagar in Ghaziabad

    Pakistan

    In Karachi, a road is st ill named aft er her, near t he Mazar-e-Quaid-e-Azam.[8][9]

    In popular culture

    Kamala Nehru is a 1986 Indian document ary film direct ed by Ashish Mukherjee. Produced by t he
    Government of India's Films Division, it provides an overview of her life and cont ribut ions.[10]

    References

    Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kamala Nehru.

    1. Jayakar, Pupul (1995). Indira Gandhi, a biography (https://books.google.com/books?id=gm5JGkb2rh


    kC) (Rev. ed.). New Delhi, India: Penguin. ISBN 978-0140114621.

    2. The neglected Delhi 6 haveli of Indira Gandhi's mother (https://www.onmanorama.com/travel/outsi


    de-kerala/2019/11/26/delhi-6-haveli-indira-gandhi-mother.html)

    3. "From years 1916 to 1964...The man and the times" (https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=tzA


    _ AAAAIBAJ&sjid=81AMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4355,5162968&dq=kamala+nehru&hl=en) . The Windsor Star.
    27 May 1964. Retrieved 19 January 2013.

    4. Nehru, Jawaharlal (26 January 1936). An Autobiography. London: Bodley Head.

    5. "Kamala Nehru Biography" (http://www.iloveindia.com/indian-heroes/kamala-nehru.html) .


    Iloveindia. Retrieved 15 September 2012.

    6. "KNMH : The Legacy" (https://www.knmhospital.org/legacy.aspx) . www.knmhospital.org.

    7. Nehru, Jawaharlal (1940). An Autobiography (2nd ed.). London: Bodell Head.

    8. "Blog: Finding Kamala Nehru in Pakistan, Jinnah in Guntur" (https://www.ndtv.com/blog/finding-kam


    ala-nehru-in-pakistan-jinnah-in-guntur-764557) . NDTV.com. 20 May 2015.

    9. Kamala Nehru Rd, Karachi (https://www.google.com/maps/place/Kamla+Nehru+Rd,+Jamshed+Qua


    rters+Amil+Colony,+Karachi,+Karachi+City,+Sindh,+Pakistan/@24.8771712,67.0378085,18.72z/data
    =!4m6!3m5!1s0x3eb33e5c142de69f:0x354419fea65f959c!8m2!3d24.8780402!4d67.0393858!16s%2F
    g%2F12hlkhwrg?entry=ttu)
    10. "KAMALA NEHRU | Films Division" (https://filmsdivision.org/shop/kamala-nehru) . filmsdivision.org.
    Retrieved 12 June 2021.

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