Lakshmi Sahgal - Personal Life

Personal Life

Sahgal married Colonel Prem Kumar Sahgal in March 1947 in Lahore. After their marriage, they settled in Kanpur, where she continued with her medical practice and aided the refugees who were arriving in large numbers following the Partition of India. They had two daughters Subhashini Ali and Anisa Puri

The Sahgals' daughter, Subhashini Ali, is a prominent Communist politician and labor activist. According to Ali, Sahgal was an atheist. The filmmaker Shaad Ali is her grandson.

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