National Women’s Day of India 2022

Indian National Women’s Day is observed every year on 13 February to commemorate the birth anniversary of Sarojini Naidu.

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Indian National Women’s Day is observed every year on 13 February to commemorate the birth anniversary of Sarojini Naidu.

National Women’s Day in India to observe the cultural, social, political and economic achievements of women in India.
Government departments around the country recognise her work and contribution.
- They hold events and remember her leadership.

Sarojini Naidu, born in Hyderabad to a Bengali Brahmin family and educated in Cambridge was the powerful face of Women in the Indian Independence struggle.
Anti-imperialistic, Universal Suffragist, Women rights activist Mrs. Naidu paved the path for women’s movements in India.
Indian Nightingale Sarojini Naidu shines both as an activist and as a poet.
- She was famous for her nickname ‘Nightingale of India’ or ‘Bharat Kokila’ because of her poems.
- She is well-known across the globe for her contributions to literature.
In 1925 Sarojini Naidu became the president of the Indian National Congress because of her educational abilities and political acumen.
Sarojini Naidu was one of the forefront leaders who led the Civil Disobedience Movement and the Quit India Movement.
She was also a freedom fighter and the first woman governor of the United Provinces, the present Uttar Pradesh in 1947.
For Women’s Rights, suffrage and representation in organisations and assemblies she established the Women’s India Association in 1917.
- Sarojini Naidu was also a contributor to the constitution.
She died on 2 March 1949 at Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh of a heart attack.