Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Freda Bedi sometimes spelled Frida Bedi also named Sister Palmo, or Gelongma Karma Kechog Palmo, was a Tibetan buddhist nun, born in England in Derby (1911– 1977). Freda Bedi was born Freda Swan in Derby, England February 5, 1911, and was the daughter of Francis Edwin Houlston and Nellie Diana Swan. She studied at Oxford University where she encountered her future husband, a Sikh from the Bedi family, linked to a Sikh clan tracing back to Guru Nanak Dev Ji.