Sarojini Naidu - wikipedia Sarojini Naidu Sarojini Naidu 1st Governor of United Provinces In office 15 August 1948 -- 2 March 1949 Preceded by Position established Succeeded by Hormasji Peroshaw Mody Personal details Sarojini Chattopadhyay ( 1879 - 02 - 13 ) 13 February 1879 Hyderabad, British India ( now India ) 2 March 1949 ( 1949 - 03 - 02 ) ( aged 70 ) Lucknow, United Provinces, India Nationality Indian Political party Indian National Congress Spouse ( s ) Govindarajulu Naidu ( 1898 -- 1949 ) Children 5 ; including Padmaja Relatives Harindranath Chattopadhyay, Virendranath Chattopadhyay, Suhasini Chattopadhyay, Leela Naidu Alma mater University of Madras King 's College London Girton College, Cambridge Occupation Political activist, poet - writer Sarojini Naidu ; née Chattopadhyay, ( 13 February 1879 -- 2 March 1949 ) was an Indian independence activist and poet. She was born in a Bengali Hindu family at Hyderabad and was educated in Chennai, London, and Cambridge. She married Dr. Govindarajulu Naidu and settled down in Hyderabad. She took part in the National Movement, became a follower of Mahatma Gandhi and fought for the attainment of Swaraj. She became the President of Indian National Congress and later she was appointed to the Governor of the United Provinces, now Uttar Pradesh. Known as the ' Nightingale of India ', she was also a noted poet. Her poetry includes children 's poems, nature poems, patriotic poems and poems of love and death. She also wrote poetry in praise of Muslim figures like Imam Hussain. Contents 1 Early life and family 2 Political career 2.1 Congress Party president 3 Death and legacy 3.1 Golden Threshold 4 Works 5 See also 6 References 7 Further reading 8 Bibliography 9 External links Early Life and family Sarojini was born in a Bengali Hindu family in Hyderabad. Her parental home was at Brahmangaon in Bikrampur ( in present - day Bangladesh ). Her father, Aghorenath Chattopadhyay, with a doctorate of Science from Edinburgh University, settled in Hyderabad, where administered Hyderabad college, which later became Nizam College in Hyderabad. Her mother, Barada Sundari Devi Chattopadhyay, was a poet and used to write poetry in Bengali. She was the eldest of the eight siblings. Her brother Virendranath Chattopadhyaya was a revolutionary and her other brother, Harindranath was a poet, a dramatist, and an actor. Sarojini Naidu in 1912 Sarojini Naidu, having passed her matriculation examination from the University of Madras, took a four - year break from her studies. In 1895, H.E.H. The Nizam 's Charity Trust founded by the 6th Nizam, Mir Mahbub Ali Khan who gave her the chance to study in England, first at King 's College London and later at Girton College, Cambridge. Sarojini met Paidipati Govindarajulu Naidu, a physician, and at the age of 19, after finishing her studies, she married him. At that time, Inter-caste marriages were not as common as they are today, but both their families approved their marriage. The couple had five children. Their daughter Paidipati Padmaja also joined the independence movement and was part of the Quit India Movement. She was appointed the Governor of the State of West Bengal soon after Indian independence. Political career This article may need to be rewritten entirely to comply with Wikipedia 's quality standards. You can help. The discussion page may contain suggestions. ( February 2018 ) Sarojini Naidu ( extreme right ) with Mahatma Gandhi during Salt Satyagraha, 1930 Naidu joined the Indian national movements in the wake of partition of Bengal in 1905. She came in contact with Gopal Krishna Gokhale, Rabindranath Tagore, Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Annie Besant, C.P. Ramaswami Iyer, Mahatma Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru. In 1915 -- 18, she travelled to different regions in India delivering lectures on social welfare, women 's empowerment and nationalism. She also helped to establish the Women 's Indian Association ( WIA ) in 1917. She was sent to London along with Annie Besant, President of home rule league and Women 's Indian Association, to present the case for the women 's vote to the Joint Select Committee. In April 1947 she was present at the Asian Relations Conference in Delhi where the Tibetan Government Representative, Sampho Theiji, said, `` In a similar way we are very glad to meet representatives from all the Asian countries in this Conference and we wish to express our sincere gratitude to the great Indian leaders, Mahatma Gandhi, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru and Mrs. Sarojini Naidu, and to all the distinguished representatives who have gathered in this Conference. '' Congress party President In 1925, Naidu presided over the annual session of Indian National Congress at Cawnpore ( now Kanpur ). In 1929, she presided over East African Indian Congress in South Africa. She was awarded the Kaisar - i - Hind Medal by the British government for her work during the plague epidemic in India. Sarojini Naidu plants a tree in Mehrauli, Delhi. In 1931, she participated in the second round - table conference with Gandhiji and Madan Mohan Malaviya. She was jailed, along with Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru, Madan Mohan Malaviya, and others for participating in the Salt March, when 1st Round Table Conference took place in London. She played a leading role in the Civil Disobedience Movement and was jailed along with Gandhi and other leaders. In 1942, she was arrested during period of the `` Quit India '' Sarojini Naidu began writing at the age of twelve. Her Persian play, Maher Muneer, impressed the ( Nawab of Hyderabad ). In 1905, her first collection of poems, named The Golden Threshold was published. The volume bore an introduction by Arthur Symons. Her poems were admired by prominent Indian politicians like Gopal Krishna Gokhale. The Feather of The Dawn which contained poems written in 1927 by Naidu was edited and published posthumously in 1961 by her daughter Padmaja Naidu. Death and legacy The ashes of Sarojini Naidu kept at Golden Threshold, Hyderabad before immersion Naidu died of cardiac arrest at 3 : 30 p.m. ( IST ) on 2 March 1949 at the Government House in Lucknow. Upon her return from New Delhi on 15 February, she was advised rest by her doctors, and all official engagements were cancelled. Her health deteriorated substantially and bloodletting was performed on the night of 1 March after she complained of severe headache. She died after collapsing following a fit of cough. Naidu was said to have asked the nurse attending to her to sing to her at about 10 : 40 p.m. ( IST ) which put her to sleep. The last rites were performed at the Gomati River. Naidu is commemorated in the names of several institutions, including the Sarojini Naidu College for Women, Sarojini Naidu Medical College, Sarojini Devi Eye Hospital and Sarojini Naidu School of Arts and Communication, University of Hyderabad. Aldous Huxley wrote `` It has been our good fortune, while in Bombay, to meet Mrs. Sarojini Naidu, the newly elected President of the All - India Congress and a woman who combines in the most remarkable way great intellectual power with charm, sweetness with courageous energy, a wide culture with originality, and earnestness with humour. If all Indian politicians are like Mrs. Naidu, then the country is fortunate indeed. '' Her 135th birth anniversary ( 2014 ) was marked by a Google Doodle on Google India 's homepage. Golden Threshold Main article : Golden Threshold Golden Threshold in 2015 The Golden Threshold is an off - campus annexe of University of Hyderabad. The building was the residence of Naidu 's father Aghornath Chattopadhyay, the first Principal of Hyderabad College. It was named after Naidu 's collection of poetry. Golden Threshold now houses Sarojini Naidu School of Arts & Communication of University of Hyderabad. During the Chattopadhyay family 's residence, it was the centre of many reformist ideas in Hyderabad, in areas ranging from marriage, education, women 's. empowerment, literature and nationalism. Works Library resources about Sarojini Naidu Resources in your library Resources in other libraries By Sarojini Naidu Online books Resources in your library Resources in other libraries Each year links to its corresponding `` year in poetry '' article : 1905 : The Golden Threshold, published in the United Kingdom ( text available online ) 1912 : The Bird of Time : Songs of Life, Death & the Spring, published in London 1917 : The Broken Wing : Songs of Love, Death and the Spring, including `` The Gift of India '' ( first read in public in 1915 ) 1916 : Muhammad Jinnah : An Ambassador of Unity 1943 : The Sceptred Flute : Songs of India, Allahabad : Kitabistan, posthumously published 1961 : The Feather of the Dawn, posthumously published, edited by her daughter, Padmaja Naidu 1971 : The Indian Weavers See also Poetry portal Biography portal Indian poetry in English Indian English literature Indian literature List of Indian poets List of Indian writers Indian poetry References Jump up ^ Seline Augestine. `` NIGHTINGALE of India ''. The Hindu. Retrieved 17 June 2017. Jump up ^ सलीम, साकिब. `` सरोजिनी नायडू के इमाम हुसैन को राजनीति ने शिया मुसलमान बना दिया ''. thewirehindi.com. Retrieved 2018 - 07 - 07. Jump up ^ Lilyma Ahmed. `` Naidu, Sarojini ''. Banglapedia : National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh. Retrieved 5 August 2015. ^ Jump up to : `` Biography of Sarojini Naidu ''. PoemHunter.Com. Retrieved 25 March 2012. Jump up ^ `` Padmaja Naidu Dies at 75 ; ExWest Bengal Governor ''. The New York Times. Associated Press. 3 May 1975. Retrieved 19 February 2018. Jump up ^ Pasricha, Ashu ( 2009 ). The political thought of Annie Besant. New Delhi : Concept Pub. Co. p. 24. ISBN 978 - 81 - 8069 - 585 - 8. Jump up ^ `` Asian Relations Conference, 1947 - Legal Materials on Tibet ''. sites.google.com. Retrieved 2017 - 08 - 18. In a similar way we are very glad to meet representatives from all the Asian countries in this Conference and we wish to express our sincere gratitude to the great Indian leaders, Mahatma Gandhi, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru and Mrs. Sarojini Naidu, and to all the distinguished representatives who have gathered in this Conference. As for the future, all the Asian countries will feel as brothers towards each other, a feeling based on spiritual relationship, so that in this way we might hope that there will be everlasting peace and unity in Asia. Jump up ^ Paranjape, Makarand ( 2013 ). Making India : Colonialism, National Culture, and the Afterlife of Indian English Authority. New Delhi : Springer Dordrecht Heidelberg New York japan and Amaryllis, an imprint of Manjul Publishing House Pvt., Ltd., New Delhi. p. 190. ISBN 978 - 94 - 007 - 4660 - 2. Jump up ^ Jain, Reena. `` Sarojini Naidu ''. Stree Shakti. Retrieved 25 March 2012. Jump up ^ Sarkar, ( editors ), Amar Nath Prasad, Bithika ( 2008 ). Critical response to Indian poetry in English. New Delhi : Sarup & Sons. p. 11. ISBN 978 - 81 - 7625 - 825 - 8. CS1 maint : Extra text : authors list ( link ) Jump up ^ Nasta, Susheila ( 2012 - 11 - 16 ). India in Britain : South Asian Networks and Connections, 1858 - 1950. p. 213. ISBN 978 - 0 - 230 - 39271 - 7. Retrieved 13 February 2016. Jump up ^ `` Mrs. Sarojini Naidu Passes Away ''. The Indian Express. 3 March 1949. p. 1. Retrieved 8 February 2018. Jump up ^ `` Last Rites Of Sarojini Naidu At Lucknow ''. The Indian Express. 4 March 1949. p. 1. Retrieved 8 February 2018. Jump up ^ Huxley, Aldous ( 1926 ). Jesting Pilate : Travels Through India, Burma, Malaya, Japan, China, and America. Paragon House, New York. p. 22. Jump up ^ `` Google Doodle celebrates Sarojini Naidu 's 135th Birthday ''. news.biharprabha.com. Retrieved 12 February 2014. Jump up ^ `` Sarojini Naidu School of Arts & Communication ''. Retrieved 12 February 2014. Jump up ^ Sharma, Kaushal Kishore ( 1 January 2003 ). `` Sarojini Naidu : A Preface to Her Poetry ''. Feminism, Censorship and Other Essays. Sarup & Sons. pp. 56 -- 57. ISBN 978 - 81 - 7625 - 373 - 4. Retrieved 13 February 2014. Jump up ^ Knippling, Alpana Sharma, `` Chapter 3 : Twentieth - Century Indian Literature in English '', in Natarajan, Nalini, and Emanuel Sampath Nelson, editors, Handbook of Twentieth - century Literatures of India ( Google books link ), Westport, Connecticut : Greenwood Publishing Group, 1996, ISBN 978 - 0 - 313 - 28778 - 7, retrieved 10 December 2008 ^ Jump up to : Vinayak Krishna Gokak, The Golden Treasury Of Indo - Anglian Poetry ( 1828 -- 1965 ), p 313, New Delhi : Sahitya Akademi ( 1970, first edition ; 2006 reprint ), ISBN 81 - 260 - 1196 - 3, retrieved August 6, 2010 Jump up ^ Sisir Kumar Das, `` A History of Indian Literature 1911 -- 1956 : Struggle for Freedom : Triumph and Tragedy '', p 523, New Delhi : Sahitya Akademi ( 1995 ), ISBN 81 - 7201 - 798 - 7 ; retrieved 10 August 2010 Jump up ^ `` Jinnah in India 's history ''. The Hindu. 12 August 2001. Retrieved 25 March 2012. Jump up ^ Lal, P., Modern Indian Poetry in English : An Anthology & a Credo, p 362, Calcutta : Writers Workshop, second edition, 1971 ( however, on page 597 an `` editor 's note '' states contents `` on the following pages are a supplement to the first edition '' and is dated `` 1972 '' ) Jump up ^ `` Indian Weavers ''. Poem Hunter. Retrieved 25 March 2012. Further reading Gupta, Indra ( 2004 ). India 's 50 most illustrious women ( 2nd ed. ). New Delhi : Icon Publications. Baig, Tara Ali ( 1985 ). Sarojini Naidu : portrait of a patriot. New Delhi : Congress Centenary ( 1985 ) Celebrations Committee, AICC ( I ). Ramachandran Nair, K.R. ( 1987 ). Three Indo - Anglian poets : Henry Derozio, Toru Dutt, and Sarojini Naidu. New Delhi : Sterling Publishers. Bibliography Padmini Sengupta ( 1997 ). Sarojini nido. 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