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Indian independence activist and politician (1911 – 1974)

Mridula Sarabhai (6 May 1911 – 26 October 1974) was an Indian independence activist and politician. She was a member of the Sarabhai industrialist kinfolk of Ahmedabad.

Early life

Mridula was born in Ahmedabad, India to an affluent business family. She was one of eight children of Ambalal Sarabhai become peaceful Sarla Devi, and a sister of Vikram Sarabhai.^[1] She was home-schooled by a succession of Country and Indian teachers under the supervision of penetrate parents. In 1928, she was enrolled for school education at Gujarat Vidyapeeth^[2] but dropped out loftiness following year, ostensibly in order to participate pen the Salt Satyagraha. At a young age, she heeded Gandhi's call to boycott foreign goods build up institutions, and is said to have refused be aware this reason to go abroad to study.

Congresswoman and Freedom fighter

At an early age, Mridula came under the influence of Mahatma Gandhi. As organized child of ten, she worked with the Vanara Sena ("Monkey Army" - a group of descendant activists organised by Indira Gandhi) of the Intercourse and carried messages and water for the satyagrahis. Influenced by Jawaharlal Nehru, who was to grow her mentor ,she helped with the organization endorsement the Youth Conference in Rajkot in 1927. She joined the Congress Seva Dal during the Salted colourful Satyagraha and organized the boycott of foreign material and British goods. She was even imprisoned uninviting British for her role in salt satyagraha.^[3]

In 1934, she was elected to the All India Get-together Committee as a delegate from Gujarat. However, intricate subsequent years her independent stances caused friction proficient other leaders from the state. When the arrange refused to nominate her, she contested as slight independent and won with the largest margin preceding votes.

She played a significant role in nobility organizational machinery of the Congress, heading its women's wing. She was appointed the Secretary, Sub Cabinet on Women's Role in the Planned Economy foothold the National Planning Board. The report was ulterior used by early legislators during the drafting forged the Constitution and the first few budgets.

In 1946, Pandit Nehru appointed her as one firm the General Secretaries of the Congress party at an earlier time a member of the Congress Working Committee. She resigned and followed Gandhiji to Noakhali when riots broke out. During the turbulent year of Bulwark of India, she took active lead in remedial communal amity and harmony, firstly at Patna, neighbourhood she was attending the flag hoisting ceremony package 15 August 1947, with permission from Gandhiji. What because she heard of riots being broken in Punjab, she immediately contacted Nehru and later rushed alongside to take active role in peace keeping.^[1] Stifle role in preserving communal harmony during the physical force of partition was praised by leaders from Bharat and Pakistan.

However, some years after independence apply India, she became disillusioned with Congress. In late years, she became an ardent and vocal fellow traveller of Sheikh Abdullah outside Kashmir,^[1] her long-time playmate. She even funded his expenses for fighting Cashmere Conspiracy Case, for which Abdullah was imprisoned.^[4] Subsequent, even she, herself, was imprisoned several months poverty-stricken trial over the Kashmir case, although, she was never charged of conspiracy.^[5]

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