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Uma Nehru
Uma Nehru (8 March 1884 – 28 August 1963) was an Indian independence activist and politician. CareerIn the early 20th century, she was a frequent writer in Stree Darpan, a woman's monthly magazine founded in 1909 by Rameshwari Nehru, in which she expressed feminist views.[1] She took part in the Salt March and the Quit India Movement and was subsequently imprisoned.[2] After the independence, she was twice elected to the Lok Sabha from Sitapur in Uttar Pradesh.[3] From 1962 until her death, she was a member of the Rajya Sabha.[4] Personal lifeBorn in Agra, Nehru was educated at Saint Mary's Convent, Hubli.[3] In 1901, she married Jawaharlal Nehru's cousin Shamlal. The couple had a daughter, Shyam Kumari, and a son, Anand Kumar.[5] Anand Kumar Nehru's son Arun Nehru was a Union Minister in Rajiv Gandhi's government in the 1980s. Uma Nehru died on 28 August 1963 in Lucknow.[6] References
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