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44th President of the Indian National Congress. In office 1925–1926. Preceded by. Mahatma Gandhi. Succeeded by. S. Srinivasa Iyengar. Personal details. Born.
Aug 2, 2024 · 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.’
Sarojini Naidu travelled all over India and delivered speeches on welfare of youth, dignity of labor, women's emancipation and nationalism. In 1917, she helped found the Women’s India Association with Annie Besant and other prominent leaders.
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.
Feb 13, 2023 · Sarojini Naidu, also known as the Nightingale of India, was a renowned freedom fighter and a politician who played a significant role in India's struggle for independence. Born on February 13, 1879, in Hyderabad, Sarojini Naidu was a gifted poet, writer, and orator.
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.
Indian poet and patriot, known equally for her lyric works in English that celebrate the Indian spirit, her association with Mohandas Gandhi, Nehru, and other leaders of the Indian independence movement, and her own role as a politician in colonial and post-independence India. Name variations: Sarojini Chattopadhyaya; Nayadu or Naāyadu.
A true pioneer. Feminist icon, education campaigner, popular leader, pioneering politician, accomplished poet, the life of Sarojini Naidu is remarkable in many ways. 85199 (1970-09) by...
Jan 4, 2020 · By. Jone Johnson Lewis. Updated on January 04, 2020. Known for: poems published 1905 to 1917; campaign to abolish purdah; first Indian woman president of the Indian National Congress (1925), Gandhi's political organization; after independence, she was appointed governor of Uttar Pradesh; she called herself a "poetess-singer"
Naidu was the first Indian woman to become the President of the Indian National Congress and the first woman to become the governor of an Indian state, the large state of Uttar Pradesh (fourth largest in India).
