Sarojini Naidu

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Last Updated on October 21, 2020

Sarojini Naidu :

  • Sarojini Naidu also known as Nightingale of India, was an Indian independence activist, poet and a politician
  • She was born in Hyderabad as Sarojini Chattopadhyay on 1879
  • She was the First woman governor of India and the second woman president of the Indian National Congress
  • Sarojini Naidu passed away on 2nd march 1949 at Lucknow,Uttarpradesh

Sarojini Naidu : (Short Essay)

Sarojini Naidu, the first Woman Governor was born in Hyderabad to a Scientist father and a Poetess mother. She was a bright child with proficiency in many languages since her Childhood. She earned a scholarship to study overseas for her play “Maher Muneer”.She got admission in King’s college, England and had the opportunity to meet English authors.

Sarojini was affected by the partition of Bengal and decided to join in the freedom movement. The leaders of the Indian freedom movement asked her to devote her intellect for the political cause. She had played an immense role in freedom struggle and partly responsible for establishing gandhian principles all over India.

Sarojini Naidu : (Brief Essay)

Not all the people in the world gets the credit of being loved by everyone. Sarojini Naidu was one such person whose birthday is honored as Women’s day in India.

Besides her role as an Indian independence activist, she was also acclaimed for her role as poetess in the field of literary. Her inspiration for poem comes from the nature, surroundings and the patriotism. She published her collection of poems as a book in 1905 under the title “Golden Threshold”, “The Bird of Time” and “The Broken Wings”. Sarojini Naidu travelled all over India for the youth welfare,woman empowerment and dignity of Labour.

She found Women’s India association with other leaders and urged the congress to involve more women in the freedom struggle. She was one among the two delegates who attended east African congress. She was elected on 1925 as the president of Indian national congress. She met her end on March 1949 at uttarpradesh.

The University of Hyderabad renamed its school as “Sarojini Naidu school of arts and communication” to honor her works for the Indian freedom movement.