Manibehn Patel was the daughter of Indian leader Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel and an Indian freedom fighter. Educated in Bombay, Manibehn adopted the teachings of Mahatma Gandhi in 1918, and started working regularly at his ashram in Ahmedabad. She participated in the Non-Cooperation movement and the Salt Satyagraha and was arrested for long periods. In the 1930s, she became her father’s personal aide, also caring for his personal needs. But she again participated in the Quit India movement and was imprisoned from 1942 to 1945. Manibehn Patel would serve her father closely until his death in 1950. After moving to Bombay, she worked for the rest of her life with numerous charitable organizations and for the Sardar Patel Memorial Trust, and wrote her memoirs on the freedom struggle and her father’s life.