Kasturba <I>Makhanji</I> Gandhi

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Kasturba Makhanji Gandhi

Birth
Gujarat, India
Death
22 Feb 1944 (aged 74)
Pune (Poona), Maharashtra, India
Burial
Cremated, Ashes scattered Add to Map
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Wife of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi.

Married to Gandhi in 1882 at the age of thirteen.

They had four sons together: Harilal (1888), Manilal (1892), Ramdas (1897), and Devdas (1900).

Joined Gandhi in his peaceful protest against the British empire to gain India's freedom and was ofter arrested with her husband.

In January 1944 while she and Gandhi were imprisoned in the Aga Khan Palace, she suffered two heart attacks.

The doctors said there wasn't anything they could do to save her.

She died in Gandhi's arms while both were still in prison.
Wife of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi.

Married to Gandhi in 1882 at the age of thirteen.

They had four sons together: Harilal (1888), Manilal (1892), Ramdas (1897), and Devdas (1900).

Joined Gandhi in his peaceful protest against the British empire to gain India's freedom and was ofter arrested with her husband.

In January 1944 while she and Gandhi were imprisoned in the Aga Khan Palace, she suffered two heart attacks.

The doctors said there wasn't anything they could do to save her.

She died in Gandhi's arms while both were still in prison.


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