Sarojini Naidu

Sarojini Naidu in 1912.

Sarojini Naidu (Hindi: सरोजिनी नायडू Chattopadhyay; 13 February 1879 – 2 March 1949) was an Indian political activist and poet. A proponent of civil rights, women's leader, and anti-imperialistic ideas, she was an important figure in India's struggle for independence from colonial rule She is often called the `Nightingale of India'. She worked closely with Mahatma Gandhi. She is considered and dubbed as the "Mother of the Nation" of India. She was the former governor of Uttar Pradesh.

Sarojini Naidu Media

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  Drawing of Naidu by John Butler Yeats, 1896, from the frontispiece of The Golden Threshold (1905)

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  Naidu with Mahatma Gandhi during Salt Satyagraha, 1930

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  Naidu plants a tree in Mehrauli, Delhi, 1947

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  The ashes of Naidu kept at Golden Threshold, Hyderabad before immersion

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  Golden Threshold in Abids, Hyderabad