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- Lakshmi Sahgal was a revolutionary of the Indian independence movement.
- She was born on 24 October 1914 in Chennai.
- She was a medical doctor.
- She also joined the Indian Independence League (IIL).
- She welcomed Netaji upon his arrival in Singapore in the year 1943.
- She married the INA officer Prem Kumar Sahgal.
- She was also referred to as Captain Lakshmi.
- She was also the Minister of Women’s Affairs in the Azad Hind government.
- She was a World War II veteran and spent time as a prisoner in Burma.
- She died on 23 July 2012 in Kanpur.