‘Every Mother Should Be a Physical Instructor’: Women’s Promotion of Sports and Organised Exercise in Colonial Western India (c. 1915–1945)

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Women physical educators engaged in the promotion of sports, enhancing social freedom in colonial India.
Middle-class women participated in debates on organised exercise, highlighting their role in shaping physical culture.
This research draws on primary sources in Gujarati and Marathi, providing insights into women's social mobility.
The article challenges existing views by showing how women's physical activities contributed to growing sports movements.

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This article reveals how women in colonial India promoted sports and organised exercise, indicating a shift in social roles.

Namrata R. Ganneri (2025) studied this question.

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