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  1. In the 1920s, Naidu began to focus more on the nationalist movement as a means of achieving both women’s rights and political independence. [25] Naidu became the first Indian female president of the Indian National Congress in 1925, demonstrating how influential she was as a political voice. [5]

  2. Spouse: Govindarajulu Naidu. Children: Jayasurya, Padmaja, Randheer, and Leilamani. Education: University of Madras; King's College, London; Girton College, Cambridge. Associations: Indian National Congress. Movements: Indian Nationalist Movement, Indian Independence Movement. Political Ideology: Right-winged; Non-violence.

  3. Mar 2, 2022 · Mar 2, 2023, 11:15 IST. Sarojini Naidu Biography. Sarojini Naidu Death Anniversary: Sarojini Naidu, India's Nightingale passed away on March 2, 1949, due to cardiac arrest. She was an...

  4. Jan 4, 2020 · From a Brahman family, Sarojini Naidu married Muthyala Govindarajulu Naidu, a medical doctor, who was not a Brahman; her family embraced the marriage as supporters of inter-caste marriage. They met in England and were married in Madras in 1898.

  5. Sarojini Naidu, 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. She was sometimes called ‘the Nightingale of India.’

  6. Apr 6, 2012 · Still in her teens, she traveled to England to continue her studies, and it was there that she met her soon-to-be husband Dr. Muthyala Govindarajulu Naidu. Young Sarojini Naidu got involved in the Indian independence movement around 1905, and was an active participant in India’s struggles.

  7. Sarojini Naidu was born in Hyderabad on 13 February, 1879. Her father, Aghorenath Chattopadhyay, was a Bengali Brahmin who was the principal of the Nizam’s College in Hyderabad. She was educated in Madras, London and Cambridge.

  8. Feb 12, 2016 · 1. She went to university at the age of 12. A brilliant student, she was chosen to attend the Madras University in 1891. From 1895 to 1898, she studied at King's College in London and later on at Girton College in Cambridge. This was where she met the love of her life and husband Dr. Muthyala Govindarajulu Naidu. BCCL. 2. A literary genius.

  9. Feb 13, 2019 · Naidu and Gandhi’s friendship eventually bloomed into what she referred to as “real comradeship, and bore fruit in a loving, loyal discipleship” over the next three decades. She affectionately referred to Gandhi as ‘Mickey Mouse’. Mahatma Gandhi and Sarojini Naidu, 1942, AICC session

  10. Jan 12, 2022 · It was there that she met the man who was to be her husband, Govind Naidu. In 1898, she returned to India and wed him in Madras at a time when inter-caste marriages rarely took place. She became an early supporter of women’s rights and of the Independence movement, joining the nationalists in the wake of the partition of Bengal in 1905.