Capt Lakshmi Sehgal, chief of INA women’s regiment, passes away at 97

KANPUR: Freedom fighter Captain Lakshmi Sahgal,  a close aide of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose,  has died in a Kanpur hospital. She was in a coma since Wednesday.
Sehgal (97), breathed her last at a private hospital at 11.20am, her daughter and noted CPM leader Subhashini Ali said.

Sehgal, who was ill for some time, was admitted to the hospital on July 19 after she suffered a heart attack at her residence in Civil Lines area here. She was kept on life support system.

She was very active during the Independence movement and had commanded the ‘Rani of Jhansi Regiment’ of the INA formed by 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. n 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. In 1971, Sahgal joined the Communist Party of India (Marxist) and represented the party in the Rajya Sabha.
Capt Lakshmi Sehgal, chief of INA women’s regiment, passes away at 97
KANPUR: Freedom fighter Captain Lakshmi Sahgal,  a close aide of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose,  has died in a Kanpur hospital. She was in a coma since Wednesday.
Sehgal (97), breathed her last at a private hospital at 11.20am, her daughter and noted CPM leader Subhashini Ali said.

Sehgal, who was ill for some time, was admitted to the hospital on July 19 after she suffered a heart attack at her residence in Civil Lines area here. She was kept on life support system.

She was very active during the Independence movement and had commanded the ‘Rani of Jhansi Regiment’ of the INA formed by 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. n 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. In 1971, Sahgal joined the Communist Party of India (Marxist) and represented the party in the Rajya Sabha.