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Shri mataji nirmala devi was born on the
day of the Spring equinox, 21 March 1923, at noon in Chindwara, a
small town in the geographical centre of India, intShri Mataji in
front of the Cervino a Christian family. Her father, Prasad Rao
Salve, was a direct descendant of the Indian royal dynasty of the
Shalivahanas who ruled from 230 B.C. to 230 A.D. in the province of
Maharashtra in western India. He was a brilliant lawyer and had
mastered fourteen languages. Well-versed in the arts, literature and
the sciences, this great erudite man translated the Koran into Hindi
and knew the Bhagavad Gîta by heart. Even today, many people still
recall this exceptional defender of liberty, the only Christian
member of the first legislative assembly of India.
In 1920, Prasad Rao Salve married Lady Cornelia, who had received
an excellent education and had a profound knowledge of Sanskrit,
Urdu and Hindi. Lady Cornelia was the first woman graduate in
mathematics at the University of Ferguson; she discovered new
methods of scaling down algebraic equations, which became recognised.
She studied law. In spite of her academic success, Shri Mataji's
mother gave priority to her home. She gave her eleven children a
strict but loving education.
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