2. About Sarojini Naidu
Sarojini Naidu, was a famous Indian poet
and a major freedom fighter who went
on becoming the first Indian woman to
be appointed the president of the Indian
National Congress and the Governor of
any state in India. Most of all, she was a
noted a master of the children's
literature. Naidu was given a sobriquet
Bharat Kokila (The Nightingale of India)
on account of her beautiful poems and
songs.
4. INDIA INDEPENDENCE MOVEMENT
During 1915-1918, she traveled across the India lecturing
on social welfare, women empowerment, emancipation
and nationalism. In 1925, Naidu was appointed the
President of the National Congress thus making her the
first Indian women to hold the post.
With the introduction of the Rowlett Act in 1919, Sarojini
joined the Non-Cooperation Movement organized and
led by Mahatma Gandhi. In the same year, she was
appointed the Home Rule League's ambassador to
England. In 1924, she became a delegate to the East
African Indian Congress.
5. The Nightingale of India, Sarojini
Naidu was a prolific writer and
poet. The first volume of her
poetries The Golden Threshold
was published in 1905, after which
two more collections The Bird of
Time and The Broken Wing arrived
in 1912 and 1917 respectively.
Other acclaimed poems that came
following are The Wizard Mask
and A Treasury of Poems.
