Lakshmi Sahgal

Lakshmi Sahgal
Sahgal at the 18th congress of Communist Party of India (Marxist) in Delhi, 2005
Born	Lakshmi Swaminathan (1914-10-24)24 October 1914 Anakkara, Ponnani taluk, Malabar District, British India (present-day Palakkad, Kerala, India)
Died	23 July 2012(2012-07-23) (aged 97) Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India
Nationality	Indian
Alma mater	Queen Mary's College, Chennai Madras Medical College
Known for	Revolutionist Independence activist Marxist
Spouses	P. K. N. Rao ​ (before 1940)​ Prem Kumar Sahgal ​ ​ (m. 1947; died 1992)​
Children	2 (incl. Subhashini Ali)

Lakshmi Sahgal (pronunciation^ⓘ) (born Lakshmi Swaminathan; 24 October 1914 – 23 July 2012) was a revolutionary of the Indian independence movement, an officer of the Indian National Army, and the Minister of Women's Affairs in the Azad Hind government. Lakshmi is commonly referred to in India as Captain Lakshmi, a reference to her rank when taken prisoner in Burma during the Second World War.