Question

Gather additional information along with photographs about the work of the following personality in the Civil Disobedience Movement and exhibit it in the class.

Sarojini Naidu:

Answer 1

SAROJINI NAIDU:

Sarojini Naidu was an Indian poet and independence activist. She was born into a Bengali family in Hyderabad. Then she moved to Chennai, London, and Cambridge for her education. She participated in the national movement and became a follower of Gandhiji and fought with him for the attainment of Swaraj. She also became the President of the Indian National Congress and was later appointed as the Governor of Uttar Pradesh. When the Dandi March began from the Sabarmati Ashram, many satyagrahis and Sarojini Naidu joined Gandhiji. For the first time, the civil disobedience movement became a mass movement including women for gaining freedom. She had encouraged many women to become an important part of the freedom movement. Sarojini Naidu was also the first woman who was arrested during the salt march. She also participated in the Dharasana Satyagraha. She pushed the women followers in Bombay to pick up liquor shops and foreign clothes. Although many of the leaders were arrested, the movement continued under the leadership of Sarojini Naidu. She said, ' You must not use any violence under any circumstances. You will be beaten, but you must not resist; you must not even raise a hand to ward off blows '. She also collaborated with Annie Besant in 1917 and founded the Women's India Association to look into the matches of women's suffrage. She also led the delegation to meet the then Secretary of State for the recognition of women's suffrage. In 1918, she encouraged the passing of a resolution to support women in a special congress session in Bombay All over her life, she had travelled extensively over India to educate women about their rights. In September 1931, she was among the women who met in Bombay and drafted a memorandum stating equal rights for men and women - immediate acceptance of adult franchise without any sex distinction. India became one of the first countries to have equal rights for men and women. She was called the Nightingale of India because she called out the patriarchy of the society when the country did not understand the word freedom.