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Dashriben Chaudhari

(1918 – ★) – (Gujarart)

Dashriben Chaudhari, popularly known as Dashriba, was born in 1918 in a Chaudhari Adivasi family in Vedcchi village. Her family had a history of leadership in the struggles of the tribal community. Hailing from a village in Gujarat, Dashriben was a lifelong Gandhian and an active participant in Indian struggle movements such as Satyagraha and Swadeshi.

At the age of six, she had the opportunity to meet Gandhi. As an educated Adivasi with knowledge of Gujarati, Dashriben began spreading awareness about Gandhi’s philosophy from a young age. She was later arrested for encouraging people to wear khadi and participate in the Civil Disobedience Movement. During her trial at the hands of the colonialists, she told the British Magistrate, “Whether we live or die, until we get Swaraj, I will spin and wear khadi.”