The majority of her time was dedicated to helping out and serving in ashrams. In spite of Kasturba’s chronic bronchitis she continued to take part in civil actions and protests across India and often took her husband's spot when he was in prison. Gandhi and Mohandas left South Africa in July 1914 and returned to live in India. While in prison, she led other women in prayer and encouraged educated women to teach the uneducated women how to read and write.
In 1913 she took part in protests against the ill-treatment of Indian immigrants in South Africa, for which she was arrested and on 23 September 1913 was sentenced to hard labour. Kasturba Gandhi first involved herself with politics in South Africa in 1904 when, with her husband and others, she established the Phoenix Settlement near Durban. īengali poet Rabindranath Tagore with Mahatma Gandhi and Kasturba Gandhi at Santiniketan, 1940. In 1896 she and their two sons went to live with him in South Africa. When he left to study in London in 1888, she remained in India. The first two sons were born before Mohandas first went abroad. Īlthough their other four sons ( Harilal, Manilal, Ramdas, and Devdas) survived to adulthood, Kasturbai never fully recovered from the death of her first child. Writing many years later, Mohandas described with regret the lustful feelings he felt for his young bride, "even at school I used to think of her, and the thought of nightfall and our subsequent meeting was ever haunting me." At the beginning of their marriage, Mohandas was also possessive and manipulative he wanted the ideal wife who would follow his command. Recalling the day of their marriage, her husband once said, "As we didn't know much about marriage, for us it meant only wearing new clothes, eating sweets and playing with relatives." However, as was prevailing tradition, the adolescent bride was to spend the first few years of marriage at her parents' house, and away from her husband. In May 1883, 14-year-old Kasturbai was married to 13-year-old Mohandas in a marriage arranged by their parents. The family belonged to the Modh Bania caste of Gujarati Hindu tradesmen and were based in the coastal town of Porbandar. Kasturbai was born on 11 April 1869 to Gokuladas Kapadia and Vrajkunwerba Kapadia. National Safe Motherhood Day is observed in India annually on April 11, coinciding with Kasturbai's birthday. She was married to Mohandas Gandhi, commonly known as Mahatma Gandhi.
info), born Kasturbai Gokuldas Kapadia 11 April 1869 – 22 February 1944) was an Indian political activist who was involved in the Indian independence movement in British India.Kasturbai Mohandas Gandhi ( listen ( help
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