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Sarojini Naidu
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Indian poet, politician, governor of the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh from 1947 to 1949
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Sarojini Naidu, born Sarojini Chattopadhyay in 1879, was a female poet, politician, freedom fighter, and writer. She was a member of the Indian National Congress and wrote in English. Her notable works include *Bird of Time*, *Songs of India*, *Songs of Love*, *The great trial of Mahatma Gandhi & Mr. Sankarlal Banker*, and *奈都夫人詩全集*. She was educated at King's College London, Girton College, the University of Madras, and Nizam College.
Born in Hyderabad and a citizen of the British Raj, Dominion of India, and India, she died in Lucknow in 1949 from a myocardial infarction. She spoke Bangla, English, and Hindustani, with Bangla as her native language. Her family included her child Padmaja Naidu and siblings Harindranath Chattopadhyay and Virendranath Chattopadhyaya. Her name in her native language is সরোজিনী নায়ডু.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1879
- Died
- 1949
- Works
- 35
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- India
- Place of birth
- Hyderabad
- Place of death
- Lucknow
- Child
- Padmaja Naidu
- Father
- Aghorenath Chattopadhyay
- Sibling
- Harindranath Chattopadhyay
- Occupation
- writer
- Educated at
- Nizam College
- Political party
- Indian National Congress
- Languages spoken
- Hindustani
- Native language
- Bangla
- Field of work
- poetry
- Image
- Sarojini Naidu.jpg
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- Commons category
- Sarojini Naidu
- date of birth
- 1879-02-13
- date of death
- 1949-03-02
- name in native language
- সরোজিনী নায়ডু
- cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- manner of death
- natural causes
- writing language
- English language
- birth name
- Sarojini Chattopadhyay
- Commons Creator page
- Sarojini Naidu
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Encyclopedic overview
Sarojini Naidu (née Chattopadhyay) ( Bengali pronunciation: [ʃɔrod͡ʒini]; 13 February 1879 – 2 March 1949) was an Indian political activist and poet who served as the first Governor of United Provinces, after India's independence. She played an important role in the Indian independence movement against the British Raj. She was the first Indian woman to be president of the Indian National Congress and appointed governor of a state.
Born in a Bengali family in Hyderabad, Naidu was educated in Madras, London and Cambridge. Following her time in Britain, where she worked as a suffragist, she was drawn to the Congress party's struggle for India's independence. She became a part of the national movement and became a follower of Mahatma Gandhi and the idea of swaraj (self-rule). She was appointed Congress president in 1925 and, when India achieved its independence, became the Governor of the United Provinces in 1947.
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