Sarojini Naidu
Also called: Nightingale of India · Topic: The National Movement: Gandhian Era · NCERT: Class 12, Ch 3 "Mahatma Gandhi and the Nationalist Movement"; Class 12, Ch 4 "Framing the Constitution"
Meaning
Sarojini Naidu (1879–1949) was a poet and a nationalist, known as the "Nightingale of India". She was among the leaders who joined Gandhi's movement between 1917 and 1922. In 1925 she became the first Indian woman to be Congress president. She played a leading part in the Salt Satyagraha of 1930. Later she was a member of the Constituent Assembly, the body that wrote India's Constitution, elected from Bihar. After independence she became Governor of the United Provinces.
Example
In May 1930, after Gandhi's arrest, Sarojini Naidu led the non-violent march on the Dharasana salt works in Gujarat. The police beat the volunteers badly, and the news shocked the world.
Don't confuse with
- Annie Besant: she was the first woman president of the Congress, in 1917, but she was Irish-born. Sarojini Naidu was the first Indian woman president, in 1925.
Related concepts
- Eleven demands of Gandhi 1930
- Salt monopoly
- Salt satyagraha
- Sabarmati Ashram
- Civil disobedience movement
- Vedaranyam salt march
- Dharasana satyagraha 1930
- Abdul Ghaffar Khan
- Khudai Khidmatgar
- Garhwali soldiers at Peshawar 1930