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English activist of the Indian independence movement (–)

Madeleine Slade (22 November – 20 July ), also known as Mirabehn or Meera Behn, was a British supporter of the Indian Independence Movement who in the s 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.

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She was the daughter of the British Rear-AdmiralSir Edmond Slade and Florence Madeleine, eldest daughter of James Carr Saunders of Milton Heath, Dorking (but born in Reigate, Surrey in ). Sir Edmund and his wife also had another daughter, Madeline's sister Rhona.

Early life

Mirabehn was born into a well connected British family in Her father, Sir Edmond Slade. was an officer in the Royal Navy who was posted in Mirabehn's early years as the Commander-in-Chief of th