Real Story Facts of Gangubai Gangubai was a small village in Maharashtra, India. The land was fertile and granted by the local kings to every person. That’s how it is supposed to be. But not for Gangubai. Her husband died, leaving her with three children and many debts. She finally decided that enough was enough and decided to leave her village to start over somewhere far from home, with only one goal: make a better life for herself and her family . She took the first step — leaving home — but an accident involving a tree felling a tree nearly claimed her life on the street of Narayangarh, in Sangli district of Maharashtra, India. A man who had been driving past stopped to help Gangubai when she collapsed in the road under an enormous trunk (called 'Ki-ki) that had fallen down during a storm overnight (the biggest in the region). He immediately started bleeding out due to his injuries and took Gangubai into his care until a passerby rescued him from beneath the tru...