News Highlights:
Sarojini Naidu’s birthday is celebrated on National Women’s Day, which is observed on February 13th in India.
Key Takeaway:
National Women’s Day in India is a day to honour and celebrate the achievements and contributions of women to the country and to society.
Sarojini Naidu:
- About:
- Sarojini Naidu was a gifted national leader, a freedom fighter, and a celebrated poet.
- She was known as the ‘Nightingale of India’ and ‘Bharat Kokila’.
- Her birth anniversary was chosen to commemorate Indian women and their contribution to the nation in every sphere of life.
- Personal life:
- Sarojini Naidu was born in Hyderabad on 13 February 1879 to Aghorenath Chattopadhyay, and Varada Sundari Devi
- She studied in England at King’s College, London and then Girton College, Cambridge.
- She married Govindaraju Naidu, a physician.
- Political career:
- She was the first Indian woman to be the president of the Indian National Congress in 1925 and to be appointed as governor of an Indian state (United Provinces).
- She participated in the Quit India movement and was imprisoned for 21 months.
- Sarojini Naidu was also a contributor to the constitution.
- She helped establish the Women’s Indian Association in 1917.
- Literary works:
- Golden Threshold (1905)
- Kitabistan
- Muhammad Jinnah: An Ambassador of Unity
- The Bird of Time: Songs of Life, Death, and the Spring
- The Broken Wing: Songs of Love, Death and the Spring
- The Gift of India
- The Indian Weavers
- The Sceptred Flute: Songs of India
National Women’s Day in India:
- About
- We celebrate National Women’s Day in India to observe the cultural, social, political and economic achievements of women in India.
- Women’s day is an important celebration in our nation’s history.
- It empowers women and recognises their contribution to society.
- Significance:
- National Women’s Day focuses on the women’s rights movement, bringing attention to issues such as gender equality, reproductive rights, and violence and abuse against women.
- It is largely sociocultural and centred on a celebration of womanhood.
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Content Source: Times Of India