Sarojini Naidu
Sarojini Naidu (born February 13, 1879 in Hyderabad ; died March 2, 1949 in Allahabad ) was an Indian poet and politician.
Life
Sarojini came from a Bengali Brahmin family. She was the oldest of eight children of the scientist Aghorenath Chattopadhyay. Her younger siblings include the revolutionary Virendranath Chattopadhyay (1880–1937) and the poet and actor Harindranath Chattopadhyay (1898–1990). She studied at Madras University , King's College London and Girton Women 's College in Cambridge . Her poems have been translated into several languages.
Her father arranged a marriage with Govindarajulu Naidu, whom she married in 1898. The marriage had four children, including Padmaja Naidu (1900-1975), who also became a politician.
During her time in England Naidu got to know the suffragette movement and from 1905 onwards she began to actively participate politically in the Indian independence movement. In 1908 she organized a conference at which widows' right to remarriage was discussed. The peaceful unification of Hindus and Muslims was also important to her.
As a close confidante of Mahatma Gandhi , Naidu became a key figure in the independence movement, took part in the Salt March and was repeatedly imprisoned.
Her travels between 1917 and 1919 were of particular importance. After the Woman's Indian Association was founded in 1917, she traveled to London with Annie Besant in the same year to make the organization known there.
In 1925 in Kanpur she was the second woman chairman of the Indian National Congress , the first native. In 1929 she represented India at the international women's congress in Berlin.
For her anti-British involvement in the Indian National Congress (declared an illegal organization), Naidu served prison sentences from 1930 to 1932 and 1942 to 1943.
She was the first female governor of a state in India, from Uttar Pradesh from August 15, 1947, the day of India's independence from Great Britain , until her death in 1949. She was buried in Lucknow .
Honors
- She was inducted into the Royal Society of Literature .
- She received an honorary doctorate from the University of Allahabad .
- She received the Kaisar-i-Hind medal, but gave it back in protest against Great Britain.
- In 2019 an asteroid was named after her: (5647) Sarojininaidu .
literature
- The small encyclopedia , Encyclios-Verlag, Zurich 1950, volume 2, page 224
- Naidu, Sarojini , in: June Hannam, Mitzi Auchterlonie, Katherine Holden: International encyclopedia of women's suffrage . Santa Barbara, California: ABC-Clio, 2000, ISBN 1-57607-064-6 , p. 199
Web links
- Biography (English) ( Memento of 29 June 2012 at the Internet Archive )
- Newspaper article about Sarojini Naidu in the press kit of the 20th century of the ZBW - Leibniz Information Center for Economics .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Reena Jain: Biography SAROJINI NAIDU (1879–1949) (engl.)
- ↑ a b c d e Antonius Lux (ed.): Great women of world history. A thousand biographies in words and pictures . Sebastian Lux Verlag , Munich 1963, p. 353
- ^ Indian National Congress: Mrs. Sarojini Naidu. Retrieved May 10, 2020 (English).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Naidu, Sarojini |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Chattopadhyay, Sarojini (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Indian poet and politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 13, 1879 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hyderabad |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 2, 1949 |
| Place of death | Allahabad |