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INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT SAROJINI NAIDU

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

2) 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.

3) She released a collection of poetries in 1905.

4) She started her political career by being a part of the 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.

5) Thanks to her father who was a doctorate of science from Edinburgh University and the mother who was a Bengali poet, she stepped into literary world quite early at the age of 16.

6) Seeing her amazing work, Noble Laureate 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 to become one of the best poet to depict contemporary Indian life and events through her work.

7) Her tenure as a student in King's College in London and Girton College in Cambridge inspired her to write Indian themed poetries.

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

9) She became first woman Governor of India and served as Governor of United Provinces of Agra and Awadh from 1947 to 1949.

10) 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 of Sarojini Naidu.