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National Women’s Day is observed annually in India on February 13th to commemorate the birth anniversary of Sarojini Naidu.

About Sarojini Naidu

• Sarojini Naidu was born on February 13, 1879, in Hyderabad.
• She was a renowned Indian poet, freedom fighter, and politician.
• She was famously known as the “Nightingale of India” for her lyrical poetry, she contributed significantly to India’s independence movement. 

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Role of Sarojini Naidu in India’s Independence Movement

• She took part in the Congress session in Bombay in 1904. Thereafter, she made associations with Gokhale, Tagore, Annie Besant, Gandhi, and Nehru.
• She went on to become the first Indian women to preside Indian National Congress in 1925 at its 40th session, Kanpur.
• Naidu was involved in Non-cooperation movement, Home Rule movement, Salt Satyagraha.
• In 1917 she headed the All-India Women’s Deputation and championed women’s suffrage before E. S. Montagu (Secretary of State for India).
• In the same year, she along with Annie Besant and others set up the Women’s India Association.

Contribution of Sarojini Naidu to Constitution Making

• She was appointed to the Constituent Assembly from Bihar. She spoke about the importance of adopting a national flag in the Assembly.
• Naidu was appointed as the Governor of Uttar Pradesh from 15th August 1947.

Key Writings of Sarojini Naidu

• Her published poems include Songs; The Golden Threshold, Bird of Time, The Broken Wing, and The Feather of the Dawn.
• Additionally, she authored Mahatma Gandhi: His Life, Writings and Speeches and Words of Freedom: Ideas of a Nation.

Sarojini Naidu FAQs

Q1: What was Sarojini Naidu famous for?

Ans: She was the first Indian woman to be president of the Indian National Congress and to be appointed an Indian state governor.

Q2: What is the nickname of Sarojini Naidu?

Ans: Nightingale of India

Q3: What was the role of Sarojini Naidu in the freedom struggle of India?

Ans: She was a close ally of Mahatma Gandhi and played a crucial role in the 1942 Quit India Movement. 

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