Sarojini Naidu

NAME: Sarojini Chattopadhyay

 Early Life
 Sarojini Naidu was born in Hyderabad on 13 february,1879.
 Naidu passed her matriculation exam from the University of
Madras
 In 1895, she went on to study at King's College in London and
later at Girton College, Cambridge University
 Sarojini Chattopadhyay was married to Govindarajulu Naidu,a
doctor by profession
 Political Career
 She joined the Indian National Movement in the wake of
partition of Bengal in 1905
 During 1915 to 1918 she travelled to different parts of India
delivering speeches on nationalism
 Establishment of Women's Indian Association(WIA) in 1917
 In 1916, she took up the cause of the indigo worker of
Champaran.
 First woman Governor of U.P. Her Presidentship of the Asian
Relations conference in 1947 was remarkable.
 Achievements
 She is known by the sobriquet as " t h e Nightingle of
India"
 In 1914 she was elected a fellow of the Royal Society of
Literature
 In 1925 she was elected as the President of the congress
 in 1929 she was awarded the Kesar-i-Hind medal by the
British Government
 Sarojini Naidu was the first woman Governor of Uttar
Pradesh
 She played a key role in the establishment of the
Women's Indian Association {WIA) in 1917