| Names |
SAROJINI NAIDU |
| Date of
Birth |
February 13, 1879 |
| Date of
Death |
March 02, 1949 |
| Identity |
Indian Child
Prodigy, Indian Independence Activist and Poetess. |
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Date-wise Events / Works |
- 1905: She joined the Indian
national movement in the wake of partition of Bengal.
- 1917: She helped to
establish the Women's Indian Association (WIA).
- 1931: She participated in
the Round table conference with Gandhiji and Madan Mohan
Malaviya.
- 1942: She played a leading
role during the Civil Disobedience Movement and was jailed
along with Gandhiji and other leaders; in1942, She was
arrested during the "Quit India" movement and was jailed for
21 years along with with Gandhiji.
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| General |
- She was born in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India.
- She was well known by the sobriquet "The Nightingale of
India".
- She was one of the framers of the Indian Constitution.
- The second Indian woman to become the President of
the Indian National Congress and the first woman to become
the Governor of Uttar Pradesh state.
- Her birthday is celebrated as Women's Day
all over India.
- Her father was a doctor of science from Edinburgh
University, settled in Hyderabad State, where he founded and
administered the Ahemdabad College, which later became the
Nizam's College in Ahemdabad.
- She awakened the women of India and brought them
out of the kitchen.
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