One of the early women leaders who worked for women’s empowerment.

Wife of Jawaharlal Nehru, India’s first Prime Minister.

Mother of Indira Gandhi, India’s first woman Prime Minister.

During the Non-Cooperation Movement, she mobilized women and organized the boycott of foreign cloth and liquor shops.

She was arrested twice for her participation in the freedom struggle.

At her residence, Swaraj Bhavan, she set up a dispensary to treat injured freedom fighters, which later developed into the Kamala Nehru Memorial Hospital.
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