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Mirabehn
English activist of the Indian independence movement (1892–1982)
Mirabehn | |
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Mirabehn on a 1983 stamp of India | |
| Born | Madeleine Slade (1892-11-22)22 November 1892 |
| Died | 20 July 1982(1982-07-20) (aged 89) Vienna, Austria |
Madeleine Slade (22 November 1892 – 20 July 1982), also known as Mirabehn or Meera Behn, was a British supporter of the Indian Independence Movement who in the 1920s left her home in England to live and work with Mahatma Gandhi.
She devoted her life to human development and the advancement of Gandhi's principles.
She was the daughter of the British Rear-AdmiralSir Edmond Slade and Florence Madeleine, eldest daughter of James Carr Saunders of Milton Heath, Dorking (but born in Reigate, Surrey in 1870).
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Sir Edmund and his wife also had another daughter, Madeline's sister Rhona.
Early life
Mirabehn was born into a well connected British family in 1892. Her father, Sir Edmond Slade. was an officer in the Royal Navy who w