Officer in the Indian National Army (INA) and former presidential candidate of India
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.
LakshmiSahgal (pronunciation) (born Lakshmi Swaminathan; 24 October 1914 – 23 July 2012) was a revolutionary of the Indian independence movement, an officer...
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beating his nearest rival LakshmiSahgal. Scientist and Bharat Ratna awardee A. P. J. Abdul Kalam Independence activist LakshmiSahgal The election was fought...
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Azaadi Ke Liye' review: Earnest but forgettable". The News Minute. LakshmiSahgal (played by Shruti Seth), one of the most iconic figures of the INA is...
as fighter pilots. A separate all-female unit was also created under LakshmiSahgal. This unit was intended to have combat-commitments. Named Jhansi ki...
the Second World War on all sides. Led by Captain Lakshmi Swaminathan (better known as LakshmiSahgal), the unit was raised in July 1943 with volunteers...
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(née Sahgal), an Indian politician and member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist). He is thus the grandson of Azad Hind Fauj commander Lakshmi Sahgal...
treason was not upheld, but Sahgal was dismissed from the army. In March 1947 at Lahore, Sahgal married Captain Lakshmi Swaminathan, daughter of Ammu...
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a director at Mahindra and Mahindras. Gupta, Smita (2012). "Comrade LakshmiSahgal (1914–2012): Revolutionary, a true daughter of India". Social Scientist...
Lakshmi Chand Jain (1925–2010) was a political activist and writer. Later, he served at various times as a member of the Planning Commission, as Indian...
independence activist, and later a parliamentarian. Her elder sister LakshmiSahgal was the commander-in-chief of Subhas Chandra Bose's 'Rani of Jhansi...
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Gita Sahgal (born 1956 or 1957) is a British writer, journalist, film director, and women's rights and human rights activist, whose work focusses on the...
journalist and writer Suresh Menon, Sports writer LakshmiSahgal, popularly known as "Captain Lakshmi", was the leader of "Rani of Jhansi Regiment" of...
Ranga Ravi Narayana Reddy Y. Venugopal Reddy Ghulam Mohammed Sadiq LakshmiSahgal P. A. Sangma M. C. Setalvad Kalyan Singh Karan Singh Nagendra Singh...
Ranga Ravi Narayana Reddy Y. Venugopal Reddy Ghulam Mohammed Sadiq LakshmiSahgal P. A. Sangma M. C. Setalvad Kalyan Singh Karan Singh Nagendra Singh...
communal'. In 2002, AIFB was one of four left-wing parties that nominated LakshmiSahgal as a candidate for the presidency of India. Sehgal, who challenged the...
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