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She was born Shanta Gaury Pathak Pandit in [[Zanzibar]], [[Tanganyika (territory)|Tanganyika]], on 2 February 1927, and was of Gujarati descent. <ref name="ONDB">{{cite web|last1=Pimlott Baker |first1=Anne |title=Shanta Gaury Pathak [née Pandit] (1927–2010) |url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/65904/103129 |website=ONDB |publisher=OUP |accessdate=25 November 2017}}</ref> | She was born Shanta Gaury Pathak Pandit in [[Zanzibar]], [[Tanganyika (territory)|Tanganyika]], on 2 February 1927, and was of Gujarati descent.<ref name="ONDB">{{cite web|last1=Pimlott Baker |first1=Anne |title=Shanta Gaury Pathak [née Pandit] (1927–2010) |url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/65904/103129 |website=ONDB |publisher=OUP |accessdate=25 November 2017}}</ref> | ||
In 1945, she married [[Laxmishanker Pathak]], who in 1938 had emigrated from [[Gujarat]] in British India to [[Mombasa]], Kenya, where his eldest brother had a small business making sweets and samosas to the city's burgeoning Indian population.<ref name="telegraph.co.uk">{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/finance-obituaries/8222809/Shanta-Pathak.html|title=Shanta Pathak|date=23 December 2010|publisher=|accessdate=25 November 2017|via=www.telegraph.co.uk}}</ref> After the Mau Mau insurgency, they left for England in 1956, reaching London with just £5.<ref name="telegraph.co.uk"/> | In 1945, she married [[Laxmishanker Pathak]], who in 1938 had emigrated from [[Gujarat]] in British India to [[Mombasa]], Kenya, where his eldest brother had a small business making sweets and samosas to the city's burgeoning Indian population.<ref name="telegraph.co.uk">{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/finance-obituaries/8222809/Shanta-Pathak.html|title=Shanta Pathak|date=23 December 2010|publisher=|accessdate=25 November 2017|via=www.telegraph.co.uk}}</ref> After the Mau Mau insurgency, they left for England in 1956, reaching London with just £5.<ref name="telegraph.co.uk"/> | ||