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10 lines on Sarojini Naidu​

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When we talk about Indian literature, Sarojini Naidu is one of the first names that pops up in our mind. Her poetries on India has been put on high stance not only from readers in India but from across the world. Rightly called as the nightingale of India, she later on became a nationalist leader and played an important role in India’s freedom struggle. On Sarojini Naidu’s birthday (13th Feb) today, let us have a look at 10 important facts about the poetess:

She was born on 13th February 1879 at Bikrampur (now in Bangladesh) to Barada Sundari Devi and Aghore Nath Chattopadhyay

Thanks to her father who was a doctorate of science from Edinburgh University, and a mother who was a Bengali poet , she stepped into the literary world quite early at the age of 12

Sarojini first work into literature was a play named ‘Maher Muneer’ which impressed Nizam of Hyderabad and he awarded her a scholarship at the age of 16

Her tenure as a student in King’s College in London and Girton College in Cambridge inspired her to write Indian-themed poetries

Seeing her amazing work, Nobel Laurate Arthur Simon and Edmond Gausse convinced her to stick to Indian-themed poetries, just because she is so good at it. She retort to their advice and went on to become one of the best poet to depict contemporary Indian life and events through her work.

She released a collection of poetries in 1905

Sarojini Naidu started her political career by being a part of Indian National Movement in 1905. She travelled to multiple locations from 1915 to 1918 spreading welfare. She founded the WIA (Women’s India Association) in 1917

She took over the presidency of Indian National Congress in 1925. She was also a part of Salt Satyagraha in 1930 and later on presided the East African Indian Congress in South Africa

She became the first women governor of India and served as the governor of United Provinces of Agra and Oudh from 1947 to 1949

A number of educational institutions including, Sarojini Naidu Medical College, Sarojini Naidu College for Women, Sarojini Naidu School of Arts and Communication have been attributed to the legend Sarojini Naidu.