Mirabehn
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Madeleine Slade (Mirabehn) (November 22, 1892 – July 20, 1982) was a British woman who left her home in England to live and work under Mahatma Gandhi, the leader of the Indian independence movement. She devoted her life to human development, the advancement of Gandhi's principles and the freedom struggle in India. In doing so she took the name, Mirabehn, after Mirabai, the great devotee of Lord Krishna.
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- Biography from mkgandhi.org
- In the company of Bapu: In the just-released Mira & the Mahatma, psychoanalyst Sudhir Kakar delves into the complex relationship between a remarkable Englishwoman and the man she worshiped - The Telegraph
