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Kasturba Gandhi

1869 - 1944

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Kasturba Mohandas Gandhi (, born Kasturba Gokuldas Kapadia; 11 April 1869 – 22 February 1944) 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 April 11, coinciding with Kasturba's birthday. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Kasturba Gandhi is the 138th most popular social activist (down from 105th in 2019), the 157th most popular biography from India (down from 104th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Indian Social Activist.

Kasturba Gandhi was the wife of Mohandas Gandhi, and she was most famous for being his wife and partner in his work.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Kasturba Gandhi ranks 138 out of 840. Before her are Vasil Levski, Bugsy Siegel, Hans Scholl, Stokely Carmichael, Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester, and Emilie Schindler. After her are Al-Mu'tazz, Mordechai Anielewicz, Yelena Bonner, Marianne Bachmeier, Ishikawa Goemon, and Alfred Naujocks.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1869, Kasturba Gandhi ranks 33. Before her are Albert Roussel, Gustav Vigeland, Richard Abegg, Pyotr Krasnov, Emilio Aguinaldo, and Prince Aloys of Liechtenstein. After her are Prince George of Greece and Denmark, Francisco Largo Caballero, Óscar Carmona, Martin Andersen Nexø, Henri Désiré Landru, and Élie Cartan. Among people deceased in 1944, Kasturba Gandhi ranks 64. Before her are Ida Tarbell, Cécile Chaminade, Jakob von Uexküll, Jean Giraudoux, Mildred Harris, and Hans-Valentin Hube. After her are Carl-Heinrich von Stülpnagel, Vera Menchik, Walter Nowotny, George Stinney, Thomas Curtis, and Friedrich Dollmann.

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In India

Among people born in India, Kasturba Gandhi ranks 157 out of 1,861. Before her are Ahilyabai Holkar (1725), Basava (1134), Lawrence Durrell (1912), Lata Mangeshkar (1929), Sushruta (-620), and Sher Shah Suri (1486). After her are Bindusara (-320), Abdul Qadeer Khan (1936), Wilfred Bion (1897), Ashok Kumar (1911), Guru Angad (1504), and Vikramaditya (-102).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In India

Among social activists born in India, Kasturba Gandhi ranks 5. Before her are Mahatma Gandhi (1869), Syed Ahmad Khan (1817), Gerald Durrell (1925), and Bal Gangadhar Tilak (1856). After her are Lal Bahadur Shastri (1904), Gangubai Kothewali (1939), Vinoba Bhave (1895), Kailash Satyarthi (1954), Gopal Krishna Gokhale (1866), Mangal Pandey (1827), and Kittur Chennamma (1778).

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