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Sarojini Naidu

1879 - 1949

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Sarojini Naidu (née Chattopadhyay) (Bengali pronunciation: [ʃorod͡ʒini]; 13 February 1879 – 2 March 1949) was an Indian political activist and poet who served as the first Governor of United Provinces, after India's independence. She played an important role in the Indian independence movement against the British Raj. She was the first Indian woman to be president of the Indian National Congress and appointed governor of a state. Born in a Bengali family in Hyderabad, Naidu was educated in Madras, London and Cambridge. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Sarojini Naidu is the 1,140th most popular writer (down from 802nd in 2019), the 173rd most popular biography from India (down from 101st in 2019) and the 20th most popular Indian Writer.

Sarojini Naidu was a poet and politician in the Indian National Congress. She was the first woman to become the governor of a state in India, and she was also the first woman to be president of the Indian National Congress.

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Among writers, Sarojini Naidu ranks 1,140 out of 7,302. Before her are Martin Andersen Nexø, Stobaeus, Zhuanxu, Catherine de Bourbon, David Lodge, and Johanna Schopenhauer. After her are Elif Shafak, Jean Moréas, Alain-Fournier, Rosalía de Castro, John Dickson Carr, and Andrei Bely.

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Among people born in 1879, Sarojini Naidu ranks 44. Before her are Victor Sjöström, Wanda Landowska, Max Schreck, Fritz Haarmann, Bedřich Hrozný, and Friedrich Adler. After her are Max Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook, Boris Savinkov, Adolf Strauss, Franz Reichelt, Aleksandar Stamboliyski, and Periyar E. V. Ramasamy. Among people deceased in 1949, Sarojini Naidu ranks 33. Before her are Marcel Cerdan, Niceto Alcalá-Zamora, Aleksandra Ekster, Gustav Radbruch, Solomon R. Guggenheim, and László Rajk. After her are Nikola Zhekov, Prince Carlos of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Harry Stack Sullivan, André-Louis Debierne, Prince August Wilhelm of Prussia, and Henry McMahon.

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In India

Among people born in India, Sarojini Naidu ranks 173 out of 1,861. Before her are Jayalalithaa (1948), Julia Margaret Cameron (1815), Shah Waliullah Dehlawi (1703), Mukesh (1923), Anthony de Mello (1931), and Mahboob Ali Khan (1866). After her are Maharishi Mahesh Yogi (1918), Jyotirao Phule (1827), Lakshmi Mittal (1950), Engelbert Humperdinck (1936), Mata Amritanandamayi (1953), and Tukaram (1608).

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Among WRITERS In India

Among writers born in India, Sarojini Naidu ranks 20. Before her are Premchand (1880), Zeb-un-Nissa (1638), Vātsyāyana (300), Abu'l-Fazl ibn Mubarak (1551), Basava (1134), and Lawrence Durrell (1912). After her are Tukaram (1608), Kazi Nazrul Islam (1899), Ahmed Deedat (1918), Bāṇabhaṭṭa (601), Bankim Chandra Chatterjee (1838), and Bharata Muni (-1000).

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