Uma Pande

Remembering Uma Pande on her Centenary Let me start with a sketch of Maa's life.She was born in Unnao, UP, on August 26,1921. Her father Gangadhar Pant ,was a lawyer and mother was Padmawati Pant . Maa's Parents She had one brother Lalit Mohan Pant , who was older and had joined the army.    The child in the center is Maa Maa lost her father early and later her brother too at a very young age in the Second World War. She was looked after by her uncle Dr Pitamber Dutt Pant, OBE,who was a Civil Surgeon and mother, whom she and all of us called Mama. Maa studied in a Convent in  Kanpur (then Cawnpore). She used to play Tennis and had done a Violin course from Trinity College, London. She used to do excellent embroidery and knitting. She got married to Jiwan Chandra Pande , who had done Electrical and Mechanical Engineering from Banaras Hindu University. The marriage ceremony was held in the family home at Pit Kuti, Haridwar, which was later donated for running a school which is n