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 Kasturba Gandhi: Also known as Ba, Kasturbai Makhanji.

Kasturba Gandhi live from April 11, 1869 to February 22, 1944.  Kasturba was from the Himalayas, Nepal.

She had 4 sons, and she was active in her community.

Katsurba did not work but oftenly taught children and women about basic concepts like personal hygiene and disipline.

From 1904 to 1914 she was active in The Pheonix Settlement near Durban.  Kasturba stood with her husband and his dicissions even though she did not agree with all of them.

Her religion was Hinduism.

 In 1913 she raised her voice against the inhuman working conditions of Indians in South Africa

She was illiterate and when she got married Gandhi had taught her how to read and write.  She followed Gandhi to South Africa and supported the Indigo planters.

Kasturba is known for following and supporting her husbands leadership.  Gandhi wanted to free the slaves in South Africa and she supported him. There is more peace in South Africe thanks to her husband.  Kasturba suffered from the problem of Chronic Bronchitis. She died from a massive heart attack on February 22, 1944.

She lived to be 74 years old.