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Indian politician and physician

Sushila Nayyar, also spelt 'Nayar' ( &#; ), was an Indian physician, a lifelong follower of Mahatma Gandhi, and a politician.

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She played a leading role in public health, medical education and social and rural reconstruction in India.^[1] She became Gandhi's personal physician and an important member of his inner circle. Later, she wrote several books based on her experiences.^[1] Her brother, Pyarelal Nayyar, was the personal secretary to Gandhi.

In post-Independent India, she contested elections for political office and served as India's health minister.^[2]

Biography

Early life and education

She was born on 26 December in Kunjah, a small town in the Gujarat district of Punjab (now in Pakistan).^[3] She developed an early attraction to Gandhian ideals through her brother and had even met Gandhi as a young child in Lahore.^[1] She came to Delhi to study medicine at Lady Harding Mahatma Gandhi, A Biography (1st) by Pyarelal Nayyar - Goodreads WOVY