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Putlibai Gandhi
(died 1891)
BIRTH
UNKNOWN
PLACE
Datrana, Junagadh State, India
DEATH
1891
PLACE
Rajkot, Gujarat, India
FAMILY
CHILDREN
Mahatma Gandhi
(1869-1948)
HOMES
RELIGIOUS VIEWS
HINDU
VAISHNAVA
MEMBERSHIPS
AWARDS
Putlibai Gandhi was Mohandas Gandhi’s mother and Karamchand Gandhi’s fourth wife. Her religious practice and fasting made a lasting impression on her son.
EARLY LIFE
Gandhi's autobiography identifies Putlibai as his father's fourth and last wife and the mother of one daughter and three sons. Her precise birth date is unestablished in the cited sources.
CAREER
DEATH
Putlibai died in 1891 while Mohandas Gandhi was studying in Britain. His family withheld the news until he returned to India that summer.
POPULAR BIOGRAPHIES
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