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"Capt. Lakshmi" from a 1945 newspaper photograph. Captain Lakshmi was born on 24 October 1914 to S. Swaminathan, a lawyer who practiced criminal law at Madras High Court, and A.V. Ammukutty, better known as Ammu Swaminathan, a social worker and independence activist from an aristocratic Nair family known as "Vadakkath" family of Anakkara, Ponnani taluk, Malabar District, British India. [1]
Led by Captain Lakshmi Swaminathan (better known as Lakshmi Sahgal), [1] the unit was raised in July 1943 with volunteers from the expatriate Indian population in Southeast Asia. [2] The unit was named the "Rani Jhansi Regiment" after Rani Lakshmi Bai, Rani of Jhansi, [3] a renowned Indian queen and freedom fighter.
In March 1947 at Lahore, Sahgal married Captain Lakshmi Swaminathan, daughter of Ammu Swaminathan. His wife had been the head of the women's wing of the Indian National Army, and they had worked closely together. Lakshmi had previously been married to P. K. N. Rao, a commercial pilot working with Tata Airlines.
Subhashini Ali is the daughter of Colonel Prem Sahgal and Captain Lakshmi Sahgal (née Dr. Lakshmi Swaminadhan) [2] who were a part of the Indian National Army. She attended Welham Girls' School in Dehradun. [3] She did her bachelor's degree from Women's Christian College in Madras [1] and later did her master's degree from the Kanpur University.
Lakshmi Sehgal – as Captain Lakshmi, she commanded the Jhansi Rani Regiment of the INA under Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose; Kumbalathu Sanku Pillai - the president of Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee from 1949-1951; N.P. Nayar – administrator of Azad Hind Dal; K. Kelappan - freedom fighter; K. P. Kesava Menon – founder-editor of the ...
[154] [155] Lakshmi Sahgal was nominated for the Indian presidential election by communist parties in 2002. She was the sole opponent of A. P. J. Abdul Kalam , who emerged victorious. [ 156 ] Subhas Bose himself was posthumously awarded Bharat Ratna in 1992, but this was later withdrawn over the controversy over the circumstances of his death .
A fishing charter boat captain who rescued two parachuting Navy pilots after witnessing their unmanned fighter jet plummet into San Diego Bay described what he saw as something from a movie.. The ...
Lakshmi Sehgal (his daughter), freedom fighter and presidential candidate [3] Prem Sehgal (his son-in-law), soldier and officer Indian National Army Subhashini Ali , (his granddaughter), communist politician [ 4 ] [ 5 ]