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Sarojini Naidu - Wikipedia. Sarojini Naidu (13 February 1879 – 2 March 1949) [1] was an Indian political activist and poet who served as the first Governor of United Provinces, after India's independence. She played an important role in the Indian independence movement against the British Raj.
May 9, 2024 · Sarojini Naidu (born February 13, 1879, Hyderabad, India—died March 2, 1949, Lucknow) was a political activist, feminist, poet, and the first Indian woman to be president of the Indian National Congress and to be appointed an Indian state governor.
Sarojini Naidu was an Indian independence activist, poet and politician. A renowned orator and accomplished poet, she is often known by the moniker ‘The Nightingale of India’. As a prodigious child, Naidu wrote the play "Maher Muneer", which earned her a scholarship to study abroad.
Apr 2, 2014 · Sarojini Naidu was an India political leader born on February 13, 1879 in Hyderabad, India. At a young age she wrote poetry and plays, a hobby she kept throughout her life. She later...
Mar 5, 2021 · Sarojini was one of the major figures to have led the Civil Disobedience Movement and the Quit India Movement. She faced repeated arrestings by the British authorities during the time and even spent over 21 months (1year 9months) in jail.
Feb 9, 2024 · Sarojini Naidu, famously known as the Nightingale of India or Bharat Kokila, is a monumental figure in Indian history. With equal prowess in the worlds of activism and art, Naidu was a fierce freedom fighter and a celebrated poet of early 20th-century India.
Hugely respected and revered in her native India, Sarojini Naidu and her work is perhaps overlooked by the rest of the world. But her legacy is fully deserving of a greater degree...
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May 23, 2018 · The Indian poet and nationalist leader Sarojini Naidu (1879-1949) became famous in India after her three small volumes of verse, published between 1905 and 1917, won critical acclaim in England. Sarojini Chattopadhyay, later Naidu belonged to a Bengali family of Kulin Brahmins.
Sarojini Naidu, nicknamed "The Nightingale of India" by Mohandas (Mahatma) Gandhi, was one of the most influential women in India in the 20th century. "She was not only the first Indian woman to become the President of the Indian National Congress ," writes Makarand Paranjape, "but also the first woman Governor of a state in independent India.
King’s educated Sarojini Naidu (1879–1949) was a leading figure in women’s suffrage and the Indian independence movement. Indian-born Sarojini studied at King’s with a scholarship at just 16 years old, then went on to Girton College, Cambridge.
