Kamala Nehru
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Kamala Nehru | |
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Born | Kamala Kaul 1 August 1899 |
Died | 28 February 1936 Lausanne, Switzerland | (aged 36)
Occupation | Independence activist |
Spouse | |
Children | Indira Gandhi (daughter) |
Relatives | Kailas Nath Kaul (brother) |
Family | Nehru–Gandhi family |
Kamala Nehru (
Early life and marriage
Kamala Kaul was born on 1 August 1899 to Rajpati and Jawahar Mull Atal-Kaul, who were from a
Kamala married Jawaharlal Nehru at the age of 16.[1][page needed] Her husband went to a trip in the Himalayas shortly after their marriage.[2] In his autobiography, Jawaharlal Nehru, referring to his wife, stated "I almost overlooked her."[2] Nehru gave birth to a girl child in November 1917, Indira Priyadarshini, who later succeeded her father as prime minister and head of the Congress party.[2]
Harilal Gandhi Movement 1931
Kamala Nehru was involved with
Kamala Nehru spent some time at Gandhi's ashram with Kasturba Gandhi where she built a close friendship with Prabhavati Devi – the wife of freedom fighter Jayaprakash Narayan.[1]: 90–92 They were also freedom fighters for Indian freedom from the British.
Death
Kamala Nehru died from tuberculosis in Lausanne, Switzerland, on 28 February 1936, with her daughter and mother-in-law by her side. During her last few years, Kamala Nehru was frequently ill and taken to a sanatorium in Switzerland for treatment, though she returned to India as she got well. In early 1935, as Kamala Nehru's health again deteriorated, she was taken to Badenweiler in Germany by Subhash Chandra Bose and admitted to a sanatorium for treatment. Her husband Jawaharlal Nehru was in prison in India at that time. As her health worsened, Jawaharlal Nehru was released from prison and rushed to Germany in October 1935. While Nehru's health improved initially, it started to deteriorate again in 1936, and she died on 28 February. In the prologue to his autobiography, in a chapter added after Kamala's death, Jawaharlal Nehru recounts that he was devastated and remained in mourning for months.[6]
Legacy
A number of institutions in India and around the world have been named in Kamala Nehru's honor, including:
India
- Kamla Nehru Park in Mumbai
- Kamla Nehru Balika High School in Patna
- Kamala Nehru College at Delhi University
- Kamala Nehru College in Korba
- Kamla Nehru College for Women, Jodhpur in Jodhpur
- Kamala Nehru Degree Evening College in Bangalore
- Kamla Nehru Institute of Physical and Social Science Sultanpur in Sultanpur
- Allahabad
- Kamala Nehru Polytechnic in Hyderabad
- Kamala Nehru Park in Pune
- Kamla Nehru Prani Sangrahalay in Indore
- Kamala Nehru Memorial Vocational Higher Secondary School Vatanappally 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, Chattisgarh
- Kamala Nehru Nagar in Ghaziabad
Pakistan
In Karachi, a road is named after her.[7]
In popular culture
Kamala Kaul (Nehru) is a 1986 Indian documentary film directed by Ashish Mukherjee. Produced by the Government of India's Films Division, it provides an overview of her life and contributions.[8]
References
- ^ ISBN 978-0140114621.
- ^ a b c "From years 1916 to 1964...The man and the times". The Windsor Star. 27 May 1964. Retrieved 19 January 2013.
- ^ Nehru, Jawaharlal (26 January 1936). An Autobiography. London: Bodley Head.
- ^ "Kamala Nehru Biography". Iloveindia. Retrieved 15 September 2012.
- ^ "KNMH : The Legacy". www.knmhospital.org.
- ^ Nehru, Jawaharlal (1940). An Autobiography (2nd ed.). London: Bodell Head.
- ^ "Blog: Finding Kamala Nehru in Pakistan, Jinnah in Guntur". NDTV.com. 20 May 2015.
- ^ "KAMALA NEHRU | Films Division". filmsdivision.org. Retrieved 12 June 2021.