Swarup Rani Nehru | |
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Born | Swarup Rani Thussu c. 1868 |
Died | 10 January 1938 | (aged 70)
Nationality | Indian |
Political party | Indian National Congress |
Spouse | Motilal Nehru |
Children | Jawaharlal Nehru Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit Krishna Hutheesing |
Relatives | Indira Gandhi (granddaughter) Rajiv Gandhi (great-grandson) |
Family | Nehru–Gandhi family |
Swarup Rani Nehru (née Thussu; 1868 – 10 January 1938) was an Indian independence activist. She was the wife of barrister and Indian National Congress leader Motilal Nehru and the mother of India's first Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru.
She played a prominent role in India's freedom movement in the 1920s–30s as an advocate of civil disobedience against the British Raj and its salt laws, and encouraged women to make salt.