FREDA BEDI AND KASHMIR

 THE GRAND WOMAN FREDA BEDI ((1911–1977) AND KASHMIR

She was Freda Houlston FROM Derbyshire UK before She married BPL Bedi at OXFORD in 1934. Both returned to India and plunged into nationalistic politics.Both were later active in kashmir against Maharaja's rule . This family was very close to sheikh Mohd. Abdullah . They  sided with National Conference openly.Freda is reported to have worn a BURQA and carried messages for Kashmiri leaders who were imprisoned by Maharaja.Freda later joined Indian National congress and served a six month prison term for participating in a SATYAGRAHA organised by Gandhi Ji . Her husband BPL Bedi or BABA BEDI is credited with being the main force behind the 'New Kashmir' manifesto of 1944.Bedis were equally loved in kashmir and Lahore.Both of them took distinct spiritual paths in later years of their lives.FREDA turned to BUDHISM (Sister Palmo, or Gelongma Karma Kechog Palmo )while in BABA"s case it was SIKHISM. In 1959 when Dalai Lama took refuge in India along with thousands of Tibetans, Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru requested her to head the task force for support and settlement of these helpless people . SHALL I TELL YOU MORE ? HOLD ON !

BOLLYWOOD ACTOR KABIR BEDI IS THEIR YOUNGER CHILD.   Born in 1946, Kabir Bedi had his initial schooling in kashmir only whereafter he moved to Sherwood College, Nainital.                                                     





CHINAR SHADE by Autarmota is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 India License.
Based on a work at http:\\autarmota.blogspot.com\.