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Mirabehn

1892 - 1982

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Madeleine Slade (22 November 1892 – 20 July 1982), also known as Mirabehn or Meera Behn, was a British supporter of the Indian Independence Movement who in the 1920s left her home in England to live and work with Mahatma Gandhi. She devoted her life to human development and the advancement of Gandhi's principles. She was the daughter of the British Rear-Admiral Sir Edmond Slade and Florence Madeleine, eldest daughter of Mr James Carr Saunders of Milton Heath, Dorking (but born in Reigate, Surrey in 1870). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mirabehn has received more than 501,949 page views. Her biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Mirabehn is the 653rd most popular social activist, the 5,766th most popular biography from United Kingdom and the 43rd most popular British Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Mirabehn ranks 653 out of 840Before her are William Smith O'Brien, Salih Mahmoud Osman, Harry Hay, Bogaletch Gebre, Bram Fischer, and Maria Verónica Reina. After her are Bobby Henderson, María Elena Moyano, Jacqueline Moudeina, Samuel Gompers, Henrietta Edwards, and Anthony Dod Mantle.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1892, Mirabehn ranks 298Before her are Sumner Welles, Patricia Collinge, Robert Ellis, Hoot Gibson, Franciszek Szymczyk, and Alan Hale Sr.. After her are John F. Seitz, Jason Robards Sr., George Barnes, Lowell Thomas, Abel Kiviat, and William Beaudine. Among people deceased in 1982, Mirabehn ranks 302Before her are Paul Lynde, Leo Losert, Marvin Stalder, John Cody, Sue Carol, and Arthur Lowe. After her are Jimmy Dickinson, Bill Eckersley, Tom Tully, Hans Conried, Jack Webb, and Vladimir Smirnov.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Mirabehn ranks 5,766 out of 8,785Before her are James Abbott (1807), Felicia Hemans (1793), Alan McManus (1971), Magda Szubanski (1961), Trevor Nunn (1940), and William Gott (1897). After her are Garth Ennis (1970), Ray Noble (1903), Olivia Cooke (1993), Martyn Poliakoff (1947), John Arden (1930), and Juno Temple (1989).

Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In United Kingdom

Among social activists born in United Kingdom, Mirabehn ranks 43Before her are Emily Davies (1830), Thomas Clarkson (1760), Ingrid Newkirk (1949), Arthur Scargill (1938), James Larkin (1876), and Harry Hay (1912). After her are Samuel Gompers (1850), Anthony Dod Mantle (1955), Charlotte Despard (1844), Anna Howard Shaw (1847), Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence (1867), and Anjem Choudary (1967).