Divolika Sheetla Rajesh: Kasturba Gandhi

Kastürbā Gāndhi (Gujarati: કસ્તુરબા ગાંધી, Hindi: कस्तूरबा गाँधी) (11 April 1869 – 22 February 1944) was the wife of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, marrying him in an arranged marriage in 1883. Born to wealthy businessman Gokuladas Kapadia of Porbandar, Kasturba was married to Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi through arrangement. Gandhi was thirteen and Kasturba was fourteen when they married. When Gandhi left to study in London in 1888, she remained in India to raise their newborn son Harilal. She had three more sons: Manilal (1892), Ramdas (1897), and Devdas (1900). Kasturba Gandhi joined her husband in political protests. She traveled to South Africa in 1897 to be with her husband. From 1904 to 1914, she was active in the Phoenix Settlement near Durban. During the 1913 protest against working conditions for Indians in South Africa, Kasturbai was arrested and sentenced to three months in a hard labor prison. Later, in India, she sometimes took her husband's place when he was under arrest.

Cause of death: Bronchopneumonia
Date of death: Feb 22, 1944;
Place of death: Aga Khan Palace
Children: Harilal Gandhi Manilal Gandhi
Date of birth: Apr 11, 1869;
Gender: Female
Country of nationality: India
Place of birth: Himalayas
Places lived: Union of South Africa - 1904 - 1915; Sabarmati Ashram;
Profession: Indian independence
Religion: Hinduism
Spouse (or domestic partner): Mahatma Gandhi;