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Kanpur: Freedom fighter Captain Lakshmi Sahgal has died in a Kanpur hospital; she was 97. She was in a coma since Wednesday when she had a heart stroke. She was a close aide of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose.

Captain Lakshmi Sahgal was born in Madras and qualified as a doctor from the Madras Medical College in 1938. Two years later, she moved to Singapore and set up a free clinic to help migrant Indian workers. She met Subhash Chandra Bose in Singapore in 1943. He spoke of the need to create an all- women's regiment in the Indian National Army in the fight for India's independence, and made her its commander.

In 1947, she married Colonel Prem Kumar Sahgal. Their oldest child, Subhasini, is a prominent social activist and CPM leader. The Sahgals were settled in Kanpur where she continued her work as a doctor.
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In 1971, Sahgal joined the Communist Party of India (Marxist) and represented the party in the Rajya Sabha.

In 2002, four leftist parties - the Communist Party of India, the Communist Party of India (Marxist), the Revolutionary Socialist Party, and the All India Forward Bloc - made her their candidate for President of India. She was defeated by APJ Abdul Kalam.

Freedom fighter Captain Lakshmi Sahgal dies | NDTV.com
 
Captain Lakshmi Sehgal serves till the very last, donates eyes and body

LUCKNOW: Legendary freedom fighter Captain Lakshmi Sehgal, who was part of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose's Indian National Army (INA), died on Monday. She breathed her last at 11.20 am. She was admitted to a private hospital on July 19 after a massive heart attack at her residence in Civil Lines area and was kept on life support system. The 97-year-old revolutionary turned social activist served the country all her life. Even after death, as per her will, her eyes and body were donated to medical college. The eyes will give vision to visually challenged and the body will be used for medical studies.

Born on October 24, 1914, in Madras Presidency (Chennai), British India, Captain Lakshmi's father Dr S Swaminathan, a lawyer at Madras High Court and mother AV Ammukutty was a social worker. Captain Lakshmi chose to study medicine. She got MBBS degree from Madras Medical College in 1938 and later did diploma in gynaecology and obstetrics.

In 1940, she left for Singapore, where she opened a clinic for the poor, most of whom were Indian migrant laborers. In 1942, during World War II, after surrender of Singapore by the British to the Japanese, Captain Lakshmi treated wounded prisoners of war. When Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose arrived in Singapore on July 2, 1943, she joined the INA and was made head of Rani Jhansi regiment, a one of its kind women army unit. She was also made minister women affairs in the Azad Hind government formed by Netaji in exile after declaring war against British.

Captain Lakshmi was taken prisoner in Burma after INA's defeat. After independence, Captain Lakshmi married Colonel Prem Kumar Sahgal, who also served in INA, in 1947. The couple settled in Kanpur. Captain Lakshmi continued with her medical practice and aided the refugees who were arriving in large numbers following the partition of India.

In 1971, Captain Lakshmi joined the Communist Party of India (Marxist) and was elected for the Rajya Sabha. During the Bangladesh crisis, she organized relief camps and medical aid in Calcutta for refugees who streamed into India from Bangladesh. She was awarded Padma Vibhushan in 1998. In 2002, the Left parties nominated Captain Lakshmi as a candidate in the presidential elections against APJ Abdul Kalam backed by BJP and Congress. Though she lost, she showed her fighting spirit. Captain Lakshmi's daughter Subhashini Ali, is a communist leader.

Subhashini Ali said her mother's first love was always her profession. "Just weeks before falling ill, she used to regularly sit in her clinic to see patients, " she said, adding that Sehgal would treat everyone who came to her, regardless of whether the patient had money or not.

Vice President Hamid Ansari and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh condoled the death of Captain Lakshmi saying that the nation has lost an icon of selfless service. Ansari described her as a noted freedom fighter and tireless campaigner for women's rights and social causes. In his condolence message, prime minister said, "Nation has lost an icon of liberal values and selfless service." UP chief minister Akhilesh Yadav said that Captain Lakshmi contribution to the country would always be remembered. CPI (M) leader Brinda Karat remembered Captain Lakshmi as a motivated human being who fought injustice wherever she saw it.

Captain Lakshmi Sehgal serves till the very last, donates eyes and body - The Times of India
 
RIP to her..
It's time for us to carry their passions about unity and bright future for our gr8 nation.
 
RIP to the brave soul

Being a close aide to Netaji , It is highly likely that she might have known the actual whereabouts of Netaji after the supposed plane crash !
 
It's people like her that invoke the spirit of nationalism from deep within us. RIP 'O' great soul.
 
RIP to her..
It's time for us to carry their passions about unity and bright future for our gr8 nation.

I think ...You should also add..."bright future for our gr8 nation and Pakistan as well"
 
RIP to the brave soul

Being a close aide to Netaji , It is highly likely that she might have known the actual whereabouts of Netaji after the supposed plane crash !

Hardly likely. Even Netaji's driver doesn't know what happened to him. Dr. Sehgal was a young recruit in the Azad Hind Fauj while Netaji was many ranks senior to her.

If at all she had known the truth, it would have been out and I am willing to bet you--- people would trust her anyday rather than the ruling crappy government.

She might not have known at all considering that Congress and her slaves suppressed all the news of Netaji's death.

Nevertheless, she fought for the nation in one of the most heroic armies of our country.

I said this earlier and I say this again; INA would have been a thousand times better than what we have today. A National Socialist government is any day preferable to this government.

May she have eternal peace in the hereafter.
 

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