Forgotten stalwarts
The Hindu
A look at some of the less-known heroes of India’s freedom movement.
The Independence struggle had many people who fought the colonial British rule. While most of us are familiar with names like Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, Bal Gangadhar Tilak, and Subhas Chandra Bose, there were others who were equal participants. Let’s take a look at some of them. Known as Captain Lakshmi, she met members of Subhas Chandra Bose’s Indian National Army (INA) in Singapore. When she heard that Bose was looking to involve women in the organisation, she met him and the result was the Rani of Jhansi regiment, which Lakshmi went on to head. In 1945, she was arrested and imprisoned in Burma. Post independence, Lakshmi, who was also a doctor, continued to work towards several causes. In December 1984, she led a medical team to Bhopal after the gas tragedy. She also worked to restore peace in Kanpur, in the wake of the anti-Sikh riots of 1984.
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