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Krishna Nehru Hutheesing (2 November 1907 – 9 November 1967) was an Indian writer, the youngest sister of
She and her husband fought for India's independence and spent a great deal of time in jail. Raja's terms in jail came while they were raising their two young sons, Harsha Hutheesing and Ajit Hutheesing.
In 1950, Krishna and her husband toured the United States on a lecture tour. In late May 1958 Krishna spent three days in Israel. Her host was Yigal Alon, who a year earlier founded 'The Israel-India Friendship League' as a tool to circumvent the then Indian government policy to avoid direct diplomatic relations between the two states.
Mrs. Hutheesing documented her life as well as the lives of her brother, Jawaharlal and her niece, Indira Gandhi, in a series of books that intertwine history with personal anecdotes including ''We Nehrus,'' ''With No Regrets- An Autobiography,'' and ''Dear to Behold: An Intimate Portrait of Indira Gandhi''
Her husband, Raja Hutheesing, also wrote books: ''The Great Peace: An Asian's Candid Report on Red China'' (1953), ''Window on China'' (1953), and ''Tibet fights for freedom : the story of the March 1959 uprising'' (1960).
Mrs. Hutheesing was associated with the '
Online text, 1945 edition
Krishna Nehru Hutheesing materials in the South Asian American Digital Archive (SAADA)
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Jawaharlal Nehru
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru (; ; ; 14 November 1889 – 27 May 1964) was an Indian anti-colonial nationalist, secular humanist, social democrat—
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and Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit, and part of the Nehru-Gandhi family.
Biography
Born Krishna Nehru, in Mirganj,Allahabad
Allahabad (), officially known as Prayagraj, also known as Ilahabad, is a metropolis in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.The other five cities were: Agra, Kanpur (Cawnpore), Lucknow, Meerut, and Varanasi (Benares). It is the administra ...
to Motilal Nehru
Motilal Nehru (6 May 1861 – 6 February 1931) was an Indian lawyer, activist and politician belonging to the Indian National Congress. He also served as the Congress President twice, 1919–1920 and 1928–1929. He was a patriarch of the Neh ...
, an Indian independence activist and leader of the Indian National Congress
The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party but often simply the Congress, is a political party in India with widespread roots. Founded in 1885, it was the first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the British ...
, and Swarup Rani, she was married to Gunottam (Raja) Hutheesing, who belonged to an Ahmedabad
Ahmedabad ( ; Gujarati: Amdavad ) is the most populous city in the Indian state of Gujarat. It is the administrative headquarters of the Ahmedabad district and the seat of the Gujarat High Court. Ahmedabad's population of 5,570,585 (p ...
Jain family that built the Hutheesing Jain Temple. During the later 1950s, he became critic of Nehru and in 1959, supported former Governor General C. Rajagopalachari
Chakravarti Rajagopalachari (10 December 1878 – 25 December 1972), popularly known as Rajaji or C.R., also known as Mootharignar Rajaji (Rajaji'', the Scholar Emeritus''), was an Indian statesman, writer, lawyer, and independence activis ...
, to form a conservative market liberal political party known as the Swatantra Party.
She and her husband fought for India's independence and spent a great deal of time in jail. Raja's terms in jail came while they were raising their two young sons, Harsha Hutheesing and Ajit Hutheesing.
In 1950, Krishna and her husband toured the United States on a lecture tour. In late May 1958 Krishna spent three days in Israel. Her host was Yigal Alon, who a year earlier founded 'The Israel-India Friendship League' as a tool to circumvent the then Indian government policy to avoid direct diplomatic relations between the two states.
Mrs. Hutheesing documented her life as well as the lives of her brother, Jawaharlal and her niece, Indira Gandhi, in a series of books that intertwine history with personal anecdotes including ''We Nehrus,'' ''With No Regrets- An Autobiography,'' and ''Dear to Behold: An Intimate Portrait of Indira Gandhi''
Her husband, Raja Hutheesing, also wrote books: ''The Great Peace: An Asian's Candid Report on Red China'' (1953), ''Window on China'' (1953), and ''Tibet fights for freedom : the story of the March 1959 uprising'' (1960).
Mrs. Hutheesing was associated with the 'Voice of America
Voice of America (VOA or VoA) is the state-owned news network and international radio broadcaster of the United States of America. It is the largest and oldest U.S.-funded international broadcaster. VOA produces digital, TV, and radio content ...
' and gave several talks. She died in London in 1967.
Bibliography
* ''Shadows On the Wall'', J. Day Co., 1948. * ''The Story of Gandhiji'', Kutub Pub., 1949. * ''We Nehrus'', by Krishna (Nehru) Hutheesing with Alden Hatch. Holt, Rinehart and Winston; 1967. * ''Dear to Behold: An Intimate Portrait of Indira Gandhi'', Published by Macmillan, 1969. * ''With No Regrets - An Autobiography'', by Krishna Nehru Hutheesing, Published by READ BOOKS, 2007. .Online text, 1945 edition
References
External links
Krishna Nehru Hutheesing materials in the South Asian American Digital Archive (SAADA)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hutheesing, Krishna Nehru 1907 births 1967 deaths Indian women non-fiction writers Women biographers Women writers from Uttar Pradesh Nehru–Gandhi family Kashmiri people Indian autobiographers Indian independence activists from Uttar Pradesh Prisoners and detainees of British India Writers from Allahabad Women autobiographers 20th-century Indian women writers 20th-century Indian biographers Swatantra Party politicians 20th-century Indian politicians Women Indian independence activists Politicians from Allahabad Women in Uttar Pradesh politics