Kasturba Gandhi

Kasturbai "Kasturba" Mohandas Gandhi (born Kasturbai Mak-hanji Kapadia) was a political activist and the wife of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. In association with her husband, Kasturba Gandhi was involved in the Indian independence movement in British-ruled India .

Kasturba was born on 11 April 1869, she was daughter of Gokuladas Kapadia and Vrajkunwerba Kapadia. The family belonged to the Modh Bania caste of Gujarati tradesmen and were based in the coastal town of Porbandar. Kasturba Gandhi first involved herself with politics in South Africa in 1904 when she helped her husband and others establish the Phoenix Settlement near Durban. Then in 1913 while imprisoned, Kasturba encouraged educated women to teach the uneducated women how to read and write.