Sarojini Naidu

Poet & Activist

(1879 – 1949) · South Asia

Indian poet and political activist, known as the Nightingale of India, who was a leading figure in the Indian independence movement and a close associate of Mahatma Gandhi. Born in Hyderabad in 1879, she was the first woman to be elected President of the Indian National Congress in 1925 and the first woman to serve as Governor of a state after independence. Her poetry collections include The Golden Threshold and The Bird of Time.