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| name = Putlibai Gandhi | | name = Putlibai Gandhi | ||
| image = Putlibai Gandhi.jpg | | image = Putlibai Gandhi.jpg | ||
| birth_date = 1844 <ref>{{Cite web|title=Putlibai Gandhi|url=https://www.geni.com/people/Putlibai-Gandhi/6000000009016607497|access-date=2021-09-01|website=geni_family_tree|language=en-US}}</ref> | | birth_date = {{birth date text|1844}}<ref>{{Cite web|title=Putlibai Gandhi|url=https://www.geni.com/people/Putlibai-Gandhi/6000000009016607497|access-date=2021-09-01|website=geni_family_tree|language=en-US}}</ref> | ||
| birth_place = [[Datrana]]<ref>{{Cite book|last=Guha|first=Ramachandra|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XS7UAAAAQBAJ&dq=%22gandhi's+mother,+putlibai,+was+born+in+a+village+named+dantrana%22&pg=PP41|title=Gandhi before India|date=2014-10-15|publisher=Penguin Books Limited|isbn=978-93-5118-322-8|language=en}}</ref> | | birth_place = [[Datrana]], [[Junagadh State]], [[Company rule in India|Company India]]<ref>{{Cite book|last=Guha|first=Ramachandra|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XS7UAAAAQBAJ&dq=%22gandhi's+mother,+putlibai,+was+born+in+a+village+named+dantrana%22&pg=PP41|title=Gandhi before India|date=2014-10-15|publisher=Penguin Books Limited|isbn=978-93-5118-322-8|language=en}}</ref> | ||
| death_date = {{death date and age|1891| | | death_date = {{death date and age|1891|06|12|1844|df=yes}} | ||
| spouse = [[Karamchand Gandhi]] | | known_for = Being the mother of [[Mahatma Gandhi]] | ||
| spouse = {{marriage|[[Karamchand Gandhi]]|1857}} | |||
| children = {{hlist|Laxmidas|Karsandas|Raliatbehn|[[Mahatma Gandhi|Mohandas]]}} | | children = {{hlist|Laxmidas|Karsandas|Raliatbehn|[[Mahatma Gandhi|Mohandas]]}} | ||
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'''Putlibai Karamchand Gandhi''' (1844 | '''Putlibai Karamchand Gandhi''' (1844 – 12 June 1891) was the mother of Indian independence leader [[Mahatma Gandhi]]. | ||
She came from a village called Dantrana of the then-Junagadh State. | |||
She was the 4th, and youngest, wife of the former Rajkot Dewan [[Karamchand Gandhi]]. She was twenty-two years younger<ref>{{Cite news |last=Mohan |first=G. Ram |date=2015-08-25 |title=The meaning of celebrating Putlibai Day |url=https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/open-page/the-meaning-of-celebrating-putlibai-day/article10331258.ece |access-date=2021-09-01 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref> than Karamchand who she had married after his first two wives had died early in childbirth and the third was rendered childless. She bore four children to Karamchand Gandhi, [[Mahatma Gandhi|Mohandas]] was her youngest son, who she affectionately called Monia. | |||
She was a very religious woman, and practiced Hinduism<ref>{{Cite web|title=Putlibai {{!}} GANDHIJI|url=https://www.mkgandhi.org/gandhiji/03putlibai.htm|access-date=2021-09-01|website=www.mkgandhi.org}}</ref> by whom Mahatma Gandhi was schooled about his religion. [[Mahatma Gandhi]] wrote extensively about his mother and her conditions<ref>Guha 2015, p. 32</ref><ref name="Gandhi2006a">{{cite book |last=Rajmohan |first=Gandhi |author-link=Rajmohan Gahdhi |year=2006 |title=Gandhi: The Man, His People, and the Empire |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FauJL7LKXmkC&pg=PA20 |pages=20–21 |isbn=978-0-520-25570-8 }}</ref> for him leaving India for England to pursue his education to become a barrister in his autobiography ''[[The Story of My Experiments with Truth]]''. | |||
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[[Category:Mahatma Gandhi | [[Category:Family of Mahatma Gandhi|Putlibai]] | ||
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| Died | 12 June 1891 (aged 46–47) |
| Known for | Being the mother of Mahatma Gandhi |
| Spouse(s) | ( m. 1857) |
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Putlibai Karamchand Gandhi (1844 – 12 June 1891) was the mother of Indian independence leader Mahatma Gandhi.
She came from a village called Dantrana of the then-Junagadh State.
She was the 4th, and youngest, wife of the former Rajkot Dewan Karamchand Gandhi. She was twenty-two years younger[3] than Karamchand who she had married after his first two wives had died early in childbirth and the third was rendered childless. She bore four children to Karamchand Gandhi, Mohandas was her youngest son, who she affectionately called Monia.
She was a very religious woman, and practiced Hinduism[4] by whom Mahatma Gandhi was schooled about his religion. Mahatma Gandhi wrote extensively about his mother and her conditions[5][6] for him leaving India for England to pursue his education to become a barrister in his autobiography The Story of My Experiments with Truth.
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ "Putlibai Gandhi". geni_family_tree. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
- ↑ Guha, Ramachandra (15 October 2014). Gandhi before India. Penguin Books Limited. ISBN 978-93-5118-322-8.
- ↑ Mohan, G. Ram (25 August 2015). "The meaning of celebrating Putlibai Day". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
- ↑ "Putlibai | GANDHIJI". www.mkgandhi.org. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
- ↑ Guha 2015, p. 32
- ↑ Rajmohan, Gandhi (2006). Gandhi: The Man, His People, and the Empire. pp. 20–21. ISBN 978-0-520-25570-8.