Kasturba Gandhi

Kasturba Gandhi
Kasturba in 1940
Born
Kasturba Gokuldas Kapadia

(1869-04-11)11 April 1869
Died22 February 1944(1944-02-22) (aged 74)
Aga Khan Palace, Pune, Bombay Presidency, British India
OccupationActivist
Spouse
(m. 1883)
Children

Kasturba Mohandas Gandhi[a] (listen, 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.[1] National Safe Motherhood Day is observed in India annually on April 11, coinciding with Kasturba's birthday.[2][3]


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  2. ^ News9 Staff (11 April 2022). "National Safe Motherhood Day: History, theme, significance and all you need to know". NEWS9LIVE. Retrieved 21 October 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ In the year of 2003, the Indian government recognised April 11th as National Safe Motherhood Day at the proposal of WRAI, an association of 1800 organisations.

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