This document discusses Sarojini Naidu and her contributions as a poet and inspiration to women. It notes that she was born in 1879 in Hyderabad to a Bengali family. Naidu went on to become the first Indian woman president of the Indian National Congress. The document outlines some of her famous poetry collections and notes she drew inspiration from nature and daily life. It discusses how Naidu inspired the Indian renaissance movement and had a mission to improve the lives of Indian women. The document also summarizes her contributions to the Indian independence movement and arrest during the Quit India movement.

1. Sarojini Naidu as a poetess and
inspiration for a whole
generation of women
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3. About Sarojini Naidu
 Sarojini Naidu was a
freedom fighter and poet
of modern India. She
was born in a Bengali
family on February 13,
1879 at Hyderabad
 She was a major
freedom fighter who
went on becoming the
first Indian woman to be
appointed as the
president of the Indian
National Congress.

4. Her Famous works
 1905: The Golden
Threshold
 1912: The Bird of
Time: Songs of Life,
Death & the Spring
 1917: The Broken
Wing: Songs of Love,
Death and the Spring
 1916: Muhammad
Jinnah
 1943: The Sceptred
Flute: Songs of India,
Allahabad
 1961: The Feather of
the Dawn
 1971:The Indian

5. Literary Achievements
 Many of her works were
transformed into songs.
 She drew her inspiration
from nature as well as
surrounding daily life
and her poetry echoed
with the ethos of her
patriotism.
 her collection of poems
like
"Golden Threshold" ,
"The Bird of Time" and
"The Broken Wings“
attracted a huge
readership in both India
and England.

6. Sarojini Naidu as a Poetess
 Sarojini was a gifted student, she
was expert in Bengali, Urdu, Telugu,
English and Persian.
 Her father wanted her to become a
mathematician or scientist
 But she had an innate interest in poetry.
 About her life ‘we can also say that, ’she
was the creature of the nature
 Edmond Gosse praised her as, “The
most brilliant, the most original, as well
as the most correct of all the natives of
Hindustan who have written in English. ”

7. Sarojini Naidu plants a tree in Mehrauli,
Delhi.

8. Inspiration for women
 “Sarojini Naidu inspired the Indian renaissance
movement and had a mission to improve the life
of Indian woman.”
 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 state.
 Great patriot, politician, orator and administrator.
of all the famous women of India, Mrs.
Sarojinidevi Naidu's name is at the top.
 Not only that, but she was truly one of the jewels
of the world.
 Being one of the most famous heroines of the
20th century, her birthday is celebrated as
"Women's Day"

9. Contribution in Freedom Fighting
 She was joined in the Indian national
movement in1905
 In 1925, Sarojini Naidu presided over
the annual session of Indian National
Congress in Kanpur.
 In 1942, Sarojini Naidu was arrested
during the Quit India Movement and
jailed for few months with Gandhiji.

10. Sarojini Naidu with Mahatma Gandhi

11. “As long as I have life, as long as blood flows
through this arm of mine, I shall not leave the cause
of freedom…I am only a woman, only a poet”