Born - 1911
Died - 1974
Achievements - Despite belonging from one of the most Mridula
Sarabhai was an active Ghandian all her life. When she was merely 10
years old, she worked with the Vanar Sena of the Indian National
Congress, carried messages and water for the Satyagrahis. Later, she was
appointed a Gujrati delegate of the All India Congress Committee in
1924. Sarabhai also played a pertinent role in the organizational
machinery of the Congress party by spearheading its women's wing.
A loyal follower of the great Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi during the Indian
struggle for independence, Mridula Sarabhai was a well known freedom fighter
as well a social activist of her time. She hailed from the famous Sarabhai
family of Ahmedabad city in the Gujarat state. Born in the year 1911,
Sarabhai's family then comprised among the most affluent ones in Ahmedabad
city. Keep reading this biography to know more about Mridula Sarabhai.
Mridula Sarabhai was one of the eight children of Ambalal Sarabhai and
Sarla Devi and used to be taught at home by a series of British and Indian
tutors under the supervision of her family members. However, in contrary
to her other siblings she enthusiastically responded to the call of Mahatma
Gandhi's boycott of everything foreign. As such, she refused to outside
India for her further studies and enrolled herself at the Gujarat Vidyapeeth
in the year 1928.
This was just the beginning of the political life history of Mridula
Sarabhai, who even dropped out of school to participate in the famous
salt Satyagraha. Infact, it was from a very early age that Sarabhai came
under the influence of Gandhiji. For instance, when she was merely 10
years old, she worked with the Vanar Sena of the Indian National
Congress, carried messages and water for the Satyagrahis.
Further at the direction of Jawaharlal Nehru who was in the time to come
become her lifelong friend and mentor, Mridula Sarabhai worked for the
Youth Conference at Rajkot in 1927. Earlier, she was also appointed a
Gujrati delegate of the All India Congress Committee in 1924. Sarabhai
played a pertinent role in the organizational machinery of the Congress
party by spearheading its women's wing.
During the year 1946, Pandit Nehru elected Mridula Sarabhai as a general
secretary of the Indian National Congress and also a member of the
Congress Working Committee. Sarabhai, however, resigned and followed
Gandhiji to Noakhali when riots broke out. Her role in maintaining
communal peace and harmony during the outbreak of violence at the time
of India's partition was hugely applauded by leaders from India and
Pakistan.
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