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Child prodigy, freedom fighter, and poet, Sarojini Naidu was the first
Indian woman to become the President of the Indian National Congress
and the first woman to become the Governor of Uttar Pradesh.
She was born in Hyderabad, India in a learned family and she earned national fame
for entering Madras University at the age of twelve.
She joined the Indian independence movement in 1905 and worked with Mahatma Gandhi
and was imprisoned several times. She also lectured all over India on welfare of
youth, dignity of labour, women's emancipation and nationalism.
She is also well acclaimed for her poetric works like – “The Golden Threshold”,
“The Bird of Time: Songs of Life, Death & the Spring”, “The Broken Wing: Songs
of Love, Death and the Spring” and “The Feather of the Dawn”.
"When there is oppression, the only self-respecting thing is to rise and
say this shall cease today, because my right is justice".
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Sarojini Naidu - Bharat Kokila |
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(The Nightingale of India)
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February 13, 1879 - March 2, 1949 |
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