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Swarup Rani Nehru
Jawaharlal Nehru's mother and Indian independence activist / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Swarup Rani Nehru (née Thussu, 1868 – 10 January 1938) was an Indian independence activist. She was the wife of barrister and Indian National Congress leader Motilal Nehru and the mother of India's first Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru.
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Born | c. 1868 |
Died | 10 January 1938(1938-01-10) (aged 70) |
Nationality | Indian |
Political party | Indian National Congress |
Spouse | Motilal Nehru |
Children | Jawaharlal Nehru Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit Krishna Hutheesing |
Family | Nehru–Gandhi family |
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She played a prominent role in India's freedom movement in the 1920s–30s as an advocate of civil disobedience against the British Raj and its salt laws, and encouraged women to make salt.