One of the most mysterious things about Mahatma Gandhi was his relationship with Sarala Devi.
He spoke "Adhikmat Wives".
Who was Sarla Devi?
● She was born in 1872, the daughter of Rabindranath Tagore's sister. Being a Tagore family, she was highly educated, married to Rambhuj Chaudhary of Punjab as Chaudhary was speaking the word Chaudharyan in Bengal and hence became Chaudharyan.
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● Her husband used to be active in Gandhiji's movements, due to which he was also introduced to Gandhi
● Gandhi used to stay in his house in Lahore when his husband was in jail, during that time, he became close with Gandhi. Beginning around 1918–19. What kind of closures were there?
● Gandhi's own marriage thus survived. See what Gandhi wrote in letter to Sarla Devi
Why did Gandhi come close to a married woman?
● Gandhi or Sarla did not mention this, but an American family planning worker visited his ashram to meet Gandhi. Gandhi spoke to a woman at that time about his attachment to his wife and the intellectual level of his wife.
Did fingers get on it during that period?
● Gandhi's family life was neither better than Kasturba's as a husband and his elder son Harilal Gandhi was so bad that he got converted to Islam after getting angry with Gandhi and later returned home at the behest of Kasturba Through the Arya Samaj. Devdas was opposed to why he is calling Sarla his spiritual wife, why he does not speak "spiritual sister".
● At that time, Sarla used to claim Gandhi in public places too (you can understand when such a woman does,
The strongest protest was made by Rajagopalachari, who was Gandhi's brother. In a letter, he wrote to Gandhi.