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Sarojini Naidu
The Nightingale of India
Her life
A celebrated poet by her teens, Sarojini joined the freedom movement and marched alongside Gandhi in the Salt Satyagraha.
In 1925 she became the first Indian woman president of the Indian National Congress, and after independence she became the first woman Governor of an Indian state, Uttar Pradesh.
Achievements
- ✦First Indian woman president of the Indian National Congress, 1925
- ✦First woman Governor of an Indian state, Uttar Pradesh
On the timeline
1925
Sarojini Naidu becomes the first Indian woman president of the Indian National Congress.
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