Kamala Nehru
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Kamala Kaul Nehru (1899–1936) was the wife of Jawaharlal Nehru, leader of the Indian National Congress and first Prime Minister of India. Kamala married Nehru on 8 February, 1916. Their marriage was arranged by his parents.
Described as pretty, slim, and tender, Kamala was quiet, unobtrusive, and is thought to have had little impact on her husband or his career. In 1917, she gave birth to a daughter, Indira Priyadarshini, who later succeeded her father as prime minister and head of the Congress party. Kamala died from tuberculosis in Switzerland while her husband was in prison.
She spent some time at Gandhi's ashram with Kasturba Gandhi where she built a close friendship with Prabhavati Devi wife of Jayaprakash Narayan. She wrote several letters to her detailing the humiliation and agony she suffered at the hands of the Nehrus because she came from a less urbane background. These letters remained confidential and were returned to her daughter Indira Gandhi following Prabhavati's death by Jayaprakash Narayan. However some of them surfaced into public domain after his death.
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