| Name(s) |
SISTER NIVEDITA
(Original full name: Margaret Elizabeth Noble) |
| Date of
Birth |
October 28, 1867
- Ireland. |
| Date of
Death |
October 13, 1911
– Darjeeling, India. |
|
Identity |
Scots-Irish social
worker, author, teacher and a disciple of Swami Vivekananda,
Spiritual Guru of India. |
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Date-wise Events / Works |
- 1885: She met Swami
Vivekananda in London.
- January 28, 1898: She
reached Calcutta, India.
- February 22, 1898: She
visited Dakshineshwar temple, the place where Ramakrishna
did his sadhana.
- March 11, 1898: Swami
Vivekananda organised a public meeting to introduce Sister
Nivedita to the people of Calcutta.
- March 17, 1898: She met
Sarada Devi, who greeted and accepted her as her daughter.
- March 25, 1898: Swami
Vivekananda gave her the name Nivedita (meaning "Dedicated
to God") when he initiated her into the vow of Brahmacharya
on this day.
- May 11, 1898: On this day, she
along with many others including Swami Vivekananda, set foot
for the Himalayas.
- June 05, 1898: On this day she
wrote a letter to her friend exclaiming India as the real
Holy Land.
- November 13, 1898: She opened a
girls' school in Bagbazar area of Calcutta. She wanted to
educate those girls who were deprived of even basic
education.
- 1899: During the plague
epidemic in Calcutta, she nursed and took care of the poor
patients.
- 1968: Indian Government
issued a postal stamp in her memory.· Her epitaph reads,
"Here reposes Sister Nivedita who gave her all to India".
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Other Events &
Developments |
- She worked as school teacher and later also opened a
school.
- She was committed to marry a Welsh youth who died
soon after engagement.
- She had close association with the newly
established Ramakrishna Mission.
- She was also very close to Sarada Devi, the spiritual
consort of Ramakrishna and one of the major influences
behind Ramakrishna Mission and also with all brother
disciples of Swami Vivekananda.
- Her written and published works include:
- Kali the Mother
- Cradle Tales of Hinduism
- An Indian Study of Love and Death
- The Master as I Saw Him
- Select essays of Sister Nivedita
- Studies from an Eastern Home
- Myths of the Hindus & Buddhists
- Notes of some wanderings with the Swami Vivekananda
- Footfalls of Indian History
- Religion and Dharma
- Civic & national ideals
- In Chennai, Tamil Nadu, Sister Nivedita Academy, an
academy dedicated to Sister Nivedita has been established.
- Several schools and colleges have been named after her.
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