Uma Nehru

Uma Nehru
Born (1884-03-08)8 March 1884
Agra, British India
Died 28 August 1963(1963-08-28) (aged 79)
Nationality Indian
Occupation Indian independence activist, Lok Sabha member
Political party Indian National Congress
Spouse(s) Shamlal Nehru
Children Shyam Kumari Khan
Anand Kumar Nehru
Relatives Jawaharlal Nehru (husband's cousin)
Arun Nehru (grandson)

Uma Nehru (8 March 1884 – 28 August 1963) was an Indian freedom fighter and politician.

Career

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]

Private life

Born in Agra, she was educated at Saint Mary's Convent, Hubli.[3] In 1901, she married Jawaharlal Nehru's cousin Shamlal Nehru. 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.

References

  1. ↑ Anup Taneja (2005). Gandhi, Women, and the National Movement, 1920-47. Har-Anand Publications. pp. 46–47.
  2. ↑ R. S. Tripathi, R. P. Tiwari (1999). Perspectives on Indian Women. APH Publishing. p. 143. ISBN 81-7648-025-8.
  3. 1 2 "Members Bioprofile". 164.100.47.132. Retrieved 2014-06-15.
  4. ↑ http://rajyasabha.nic.in/rsnew/pre_member/1952_2003/n.pdf
  5. ↑ Nehru-Gandhi family tree.
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