# Anasuyabehn — The Story of My Experiments with Truth character guide

> Anasuyabehn in The Story of My Experiments with Truth by Mahatma Gandhi.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Anasuyabehn, Shrimati Anasuyabehn, Shrimati Anasuyabai

**First appearance:** 0135-part-v-ix-founding-of-the-ashram

## Who they are

A woman who joined Gandhi's ashram and became a follower.

## In the story

### [In Touch with Labour](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_story_of_my_experiments_with_truth_se/chapters/part-v-xx-in-touch-with-labour)

Informed Gandhi about the low wages and agitation of Ahmedabad mill-hands; she battled against her brother Sheth Ambalal during the strike.

### [The Fast](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_story_of_my_experiments_with_truth_se/chapters/part-v-xxii-the-fast)

Leads the labourers in carrying sand for the Ashram; weeps upon hearing Gandhi's fast decision; shares the fast on the first day.

### [The Kheda Satyagraha](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_story_of_my_experiments_with_truth_se/chapters/part-v-xxiii-the-kheda-satyagraha)

Principal comrade in the struggle.

### [Near Death's Door](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_story_of_my_experiments_with_truth_se/chapters/part-v-xxviii-near-death-s-door)

Visits Gandhi when he feels near death at the Ashram.

### [The Rowlatt Bills and My Dilemma](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_story_of_my_experiments_with_truth_se/chapters/part-v-xxix-the-rowlatt-bills-and-my-dilemma)

Present at the ashram meeting for the satyagraha pledge.

### [That Memorable Week!—I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_story_of_my_experiments_with_truth_se/chapters/part-v-xxxi-that-memorable-week-i)

Arrived with Umar Sobani to take Gandhi to Pydhuni to pacify the crowd.

### [That Memorable Week!—II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_story_of_my_experiments_with_truth_se/chapters/part-v-xxxii-that-memorable-week-ii)

Rumored arrest led mill-hands to strike and commit violence; she is mentioned as having received news of disturbances in Ahmedabad.

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