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	'''Prabhavati Devi Narayan''' (''née'' '''Prasad'''; 1906 – 15 April 1973) was an [[List of Indian independence activists\|Indian ~~freedom fighter~~]] from the present day state of [[Bihar]], and wife of ~~freedom fighter~~ and social activist, [[Jayprakash Narayan]].		'''Prabhavati Devi Narayan''' (''née'' '''Prasad'''; 1906 – 15 April 1973) was an [[List of Indian independence activists\|Indian independence activist]] from the present day state of [[Bihar]], and wife of Indian independence and social activist, [[Jayprakash Narayan]].

	==Early life and family==		==Early life and family==
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	After their marriage, [[Jayaprakash Narayan]] went to the USA to initially study science in [[California]] but instead enrolled at [[University of Wisconsin]] to study [[Marxism]]. She moved to Gandhi's ashram where she devoted herself completely to Gandhi's wife, [[Kasturba Gandhi]] who started regarding her as her daughter.<ref name="Das2005">{{citation\|author=Sandip Das\|title=Jayaprakash Narayan: A Centenary Volume\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=U9U0LiT3dtMC\|year=2005\|publisher=Mittal Publications\|isbn=978-81-8324-001-7}}</ref>{{rp\|240}}		After their marriage, [[Jayaprakash Narayan]] went to the USA to initially study science in [[California]] but instead enrolled at [[University of Wisconsin]] to study [[Marxism]]. She moved to Gandhi's ashram where she devoted herself completely to Gandhi's wife, [[Kasturba Gandhi]] who started regarding her as her daughter.<ref name="Das2005">{{citation\|author=Sandip Das\|title=Jayaprakash Narayan: A Centenary Volume\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=U9U0LiT3dtMC\|year=2005\|publisher=Mittal Publications\|isbn=978-81-8324-001-7}}</ref>{{rp\|240}}

	When her husband returned, he was regarded a revolutionary and this led to several differences with her because of her [[Gandhian]] orientation. She had also asked to take a vow by [[Mahatma Gandhi]] to be a celibate.<ref>{{cite book\|last1=Jayakar\|first1=Pupul\|title=Indira Gandhi, a biography\|date=1995\|publisher=Penguin\|location=New Delhi, India\|isbn=978-0140114621\|pages=51\|edition=Rev.\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gm5JGkb2rhkC&pg=PR9&dq=%22padmaja+naidu%22+nehru+relationship+lovers#q=padmaja}}</ref> Nevertheless, the couple respected each other and jointly decided not to have any children until the country was free from foreign yoke. She jailed by the British colonial authorities on several occasions.		When her husband returned, he was regarded a revolutionary and this led to several differences with her because of her [[Gandhian]] orientation. She had also asked to take a vow by [[Mahatma Gandhi]] to be a celibate.<ref>{{cite book\|last1=Jayakar\|first1=Pupul\|title=Indira Gandhi, a biography\|date=1995\|publisher=Penguin\|location=New Delhi, India\|isbn=978-0140114621\|pages=51\|edition=Rev.\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gm5JGkb2rhkC&pg=PR9&dq=%22padmaja+naidu%22+nehru+relationship+lovers#q=padmaja}}</ref> Nevertheless, the couple respected each other and jointly decided not to have any children until the country was free from foreign yoke. She was jailed by the British colonial authorities on several occasions.

	==Friendship with the Nehru family==		==Friendship with the Nehru family==
	Prabhavati devi built up a very close relationship with [[Jawaharlal Nehru]]'s wife, [[Kamala Nehru]] and became her confidante. Kamala wrote several personal letters to her. Most of the letters were returned to Kamala's daughter, [[Indira Gandhi]] by Jayaprakash following Prabha's death. one hangs on the wall of the home in the Kadam Kuan locality of Patna where Narayan and his wife both spent their last years. This letter was a handwritten letter by Nehru to Prabhavati during 1958 in Hindustani. The content of the letter summarizes as "Prabhavati had wished to start a school for girls and name it for Kamala Nehru. She had written to Jawaharlal asking whether he would inaugurate it. Nehru, in reply, said that he was delighted that this school was being planned, for he had long been an advocate of education for girls. But, he added, he had taken a vow that in the case of any school, project, or programme started in memory of his father (Motilal Nehru) or his wife, he would not participate in its inauguration. He asked Prabhavati to go ahead and start the school, with another chief guest if required. He added by way of consolation that when the place was up and running, he would come visit it anyway".		Prabhavati devi built up a very close relationship with [[Jawaharlal Nehru]]'s wife, [[Kamala Nehru]] and became her confidante. Kamala wrote several personal letters to her. Most of the letters were returned to Kamala's daughter, [[Indira Gandhi]] by Jayaprakash following Prabha's death.<ref>{{Cite web\|date=2010-10-24\|title=That family feeling\|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/columns/that-family-feeling/story-kRZOXPfdJnofQHr3SzcaLN.html\|access-date=2021-09-23\|website=Hindustan Times\|language=en}}</ref> one hangs on the wall of the home in the Kadam Kuan locality of Patna where Narayan and his wife both spent their last years. This letter was a handwritten letter by Nehru to Prabhavati during 1958 in Hindustani. The content of the letter summarizes as "Prabhavati had wished to start a school for girls and name it for Kamala Nehru. She had written to Jawaharlal asking whether he would inaugurate it. Nehru, in reply, said that he was delighted that this school was being planned, for he had long been an advocate of education for girls. But, he added, he had taken a vow that in the case of any school, project, or programme started in memory of his father (Motilal Nehru) or his wife, he would not participate in its inauguration. He asked Prabhavati to go ahead and start the school, with another chief guest if required. He added by way of consolation that when the place was up and running, he would come visit it anyway".

	==Life after Indian independence==		==Life after Indian independence==

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{{Infobox person
|name = Prabhavati Devi Narayan
|birth_name = Prabhavati Devi Prasad
|birth_place = Srinagar, [[Saran district]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British Raj|British India]] (present-day [[Siwan district]], [[Bihar]], [[India]])
|image =
|birth_date = {{Birth year|1906}}
|death_date = {{Death date and age|1973|04|15|1906|df=yes}}
|death_place = [[Patna]], Bihar, India
|nationality = [[Indian people|Indian]]
|spouse = [[Jayprakash Narayan]]
|father = [[Brajkishore Prasad]]
|mother = Phool Devi Prasad
}}
'''Prabhavati Devi Narayan''' (''née'' '''Prasad'''; 1906 – 15 April 1973) was an [[List of Indian independence activists|Indian freedom fighter]] from the present day state of [[Bihar]], and wife of freedom fighter and social activist, [[Jayprakash Narayan]].

==Early life and family==
She was born to prominent lawyer, [[Brajkishore Prasad]] and Phool Devi in Srinagar in the present-day district of [[Siwan District|Siwan]] in [[Bihar]]. Brajkishore Prasad was himself an ardent [[Gandhian]] perhaps the first Congress party member in Bihar who had given up a lucrative legal practice to devote himself to freedom struggle. She was married to [[Jayprakash Narayan]] when she was 14 in October 1920.<ref name=Keeper>{{cite web |url=http://www.liberalsindia.com/freedomfirst/ff452-01.html |title=Jayaprakash Narayan — Keeper of India's Conscience |first=Prem |last=Vaidya |publisher=LiberalsIndia.com |date= |accessdate=2012-08-16}}</ref>

After their marriage, [[Jayaprakash Narayan]] went to the USA to initially study science in [[California]] but instead enrolled at [[University of Wisconsin]] to study [[Marxism]]. She moved to Gandhi's ashram where she devoted herself completely to Gandhi's wife, [[Kasturba Gandhi]] who started regarding her as her daughter.<ref name="Das2005">{{citation|author=Sandip Das|title=Jayaprakash Narayan: A Centenary Volume|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=U9U0LiT3dtMC|year=2005|publisher=Mittal Publications|isbn=978-81-8324-001-7}}</ref>{{rp|240}}

When her husband returned, he was regarded a revolutionary and this led to several differences with her because of her [[Gandhian]] orientation. She had also asked to take a vow by [[Mahatma Gandhi]] to be a celibate.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Jayakar|first1=Pupul|title=Indira Gandhi, a biography|date=1995|publisher=Penguin|location=New Delhi, India|isbn=978-0140114621|pages=51|edition=Rev.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gm5JGkb2rhkC&pg=PR9&dq=%22padmaja+naidu%22+nehru+relationship+lovers#q=padmaja}}</ref> Nevertheless, the couple respected each other and jointly decided not to have any children until the country was free from foreign yoke. She jailed by the British colonial authorities on several occasions.

==Friendship with the Nehru family==
Prabhavati devi built up a very close relationship with [[Jawaharlal Nehru]]'s wife, [[Kamala Nehru]] and became her confidante. Kamala wrote several personal letters to her. Most of the letters were returned to Kamala's daughter, [[Indira Gandhi]] by Jayaprakash following Prabha's death. one hangs on the wall of the home in the Kadam Kuan locality of Patna where Narayan and his wife both spent their last years. This letter was a handwritten letter by Nehru to Prabhavati during 1958 in Hindustani. The content of the letter summarizes as "Prabhavati had wished to start a school for girls and name it for Kamala Nehru. She had written to Jawaharlal asking whether he would inaugurate it. Nehru, in reply, said that he was delighted that this school was being planned, for he had long been an advocate of education for girls. But, he added, he had taken a vow that in the case of any school, project, or programme started in memory of his father (Motilal Nehru) or his wife, he would not participate in its inauguration. He asked Prabhavati to go ahead and start the school, with another chief guest if required. He added by way of consolation that when the place was up and running, he would come visit it anyway".

==Life after Indian independence==
It was under her influence that Jayaprakash joined the [[Sarvodaya]] movement and actively participated in peace overtures in the North East India and the Middle East. She established Mahila Charkha Samiti in [[Patna]] to involve deserted and abandoned women in the [[Charkha (spinning wheel)|charkha]] or the spinning wheel movement on the Gandhian model.

==Later life and death==
The last few years were specially painful for her as she was found to be suffering from advanced [[cancer]].<ref name="Das2005" />{{rp|154}} She died On 15 April 1973.<ref name=Keeper/>

==References==
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