Anasuya Sarabhai
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Indian labour activist (1885–1972) Anasuya or Anusyabehn Sarabhai was a pioneer of the women's labour movement in India. She founded the Ahmedabad Textile Labour Association, India's oldest union of textile workers, in 1920 and Kanyagruha, in 1927 to educate girls of the mills. Also she was a beloved friend of Mahatma Gandhi who considered her "Pujya" ("Revered"), during his initial struggle of the Indian Independence Movement and as well as helping him establish his ashram at Sabarmati. 345,404 views on November 11, 2017 — Wikipedia's most-read article that day. Also most read: KNDS Deutschland, Roy Benavidez, Stranger Things, Louis C.K.. Wiki link
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