Uma Nehru

Uma Nehru (8 March 1884 – 28 August 1963) was an Indian independence activist and politician.

Uma Nehru
Personal details
Born	(1884-03-08)8 March 1884 Agra, North-Western Provinces, British India
Died	28 August 1963(1963-08-28) (aged 79) Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
Political party	Indian National Congress
Spouse	Shamlal Nehru
Children	Shyam Kumari Khan Anand Kumar Nehru
Relatives	See Nehru-Gandhi family
Occupation	Indian independence activist, Lok Sabha member

Career

In 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 life

Born 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]