Meera Behn

Birth: 1892

Death: Jul 20, 1982

Birth: England

Meera Behn was born as Madeleine Slade in an aristocratic family in England.
She read Romain Rolland's book 'Mahatma Gandhi' and this changed her life. She came to India and remained with Gandhi.

Gandhi gave her the name Meera in view of her devotion to him and her dedication and service to India.

After she came to India she sent to Kanya Gurukul at Dehradun to study Hindi and scriptures and taught English there.

In 1932 she accompanied Gandhiji to the Round Table Conference. In Satyagraha Movement she joined and was imprisoned once with Kasturba and twice by herself.

On 9-8-1942 she was arrested along with Bapu and was in the Aghakhan Palace custody till May 1944.

On 18-1-1959 she settled in a small village near Vienna and died there on 20-7-1982. In 1982 January she was awarded Padma Vibhushan.