Uma Nehru
Uma Nehru | |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | 8 March 1884 |
| Died | 28 August 1963 (aged 79) Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India |
| Party | Indian National Congress |
| Spouse | Shamlal Nehru |
| Children | Shyam Kumari Khan Anand Kumar Nehru |
| Relatives | See Nehru-Gandhi family |
| Occupation | Indian independence activist, Lok Sabha member |
Uma Nehru (8 March 1884 – 28 August 1963) was an Indian independence activist and politician.
Career
[edit | edit source]In the early 20th century, she was a frequent writer in Stree Darpan, a woman's monthly magazine founded in 1909 by Rameshwari Nehru, in which she expressed feminist views.[1]
She took part in the Salt March and the Quit India Movement and was subsequently imprisoned.[2] After the independence, she was twice elected to the Lok Sabha from Sitapur in Uttar Pradesh.[3] From 1962 until her death, she was a member of the Rajya Sabha.[4]
Personal life
[edit | edit source]Born in Agra, Nehru was educated at Saint Mary's Convent, Hubli.[3] In 1901, she married Jawaharlal Nehru's cousin Shamlal. The couple had a daughter, Shyam Kumari, and a son, Anand Kumar.[5] Anand Kumar Nehru's son Arun Nehru was a Union Minister in Rajiv Gandhi's government in the 1980s. Uma Nehru died on 28 August 1963 in Lucknow.[6]
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Bibliography
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- 1884 births
- 1963 deaths
- Indian independence activists from Uttar Pradesh
- Prisoners and detainees of British India
- Lok Sabha members from Uttar Pradesh
- Rajya Sabha members from Uttar Pradesh
- Women in Uttar Pradesh politics
- India MPs 1952–1957
- India MPs 1957–1962
- Nehru–Gandhi family
- Indian National Congress politicians from Uttar Pradesh
- 20th-century Indian women politicians
- Women Indian independence activists
- People from Agra
- People from Sitapur district
- Women members of the Lok Sabha
- Women members of the Rajya Sabha
- Uttar Pradesh Indian National Congress politician stubs
- Women's rights activist stubs
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