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Write a brief biographical sketch of Sarojini Naidu with the help of the information given below:
• Birth : 13 February, 1879 in a Chattopadhyaya family
• Parents : Father, a great scholar; mother, a fine poetess, wrote lyrics in Bengali
• Education : Madras University; Ring's College, London and Girton's College, Cambridge; returned to India in 1898
• Collection of poems : All the poems collected in The Sceptred Flute (1943)
• Political life :
  • By 1921, had got deeply involved in the National Movement
  • Was very close to Mahatma Gandhi
  • Represented India in the Round Table Conference
  • Arrested during the Quit India Movement
  • Appointed Governor of UP in 1947

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Sarojini Naidu was born on 13th February 1879 in a Chattopadhyaya family. Her father was a great scholar and her mother was a fine Bengali poetess. Sarojini Naidu was a brilliant student who first studied at Madras University and later at King’s College, London and then Girton College, Cambridge. Finally she returned to India in 1898. Her beautiful collection of poems is called the ‘The Sceptred Flute’. She was very close to Mahatma Gandhi and got deeply involved in the National Movement by 1921. A freedom fighter, she represented India in the Round Table Conference. She was arrested during the Quit India movement. She was appointed governor of UP in 1947.  

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Sarojini Naidu was born in Hyderabad on 13th February, 1879. Aghore Nath Chattopadhyay was her father. Varada Sundari Devi was her mother. From her school day, she began to write poems in English language. At the age of thirteen, she wrote a long poem and a drama in English.

Sarojini was a very brilliant student. She passed the Matriculation Examination only at the age of twelve. She passed in the first class. She went to England for higher studies. Later, she became a member of the royal Literary Society, London. She was known as ‘Nightingale of India’. In 1898 she married Dr. Govinda Rajulu Naidu of Andhra Pradesh. She then joined the Indian freedom Movement. Sarojini met Gandhiji and later became the President of the Congress for some time. She took active part in the movements started by Gandhiji.
 

Sarojini Naidu was sent to jail for taking part in active politics. India won freedom on 15th August, 1947. Sarojini Naidu was made the governor of Uttar Pradesh. She was a true patriot and offered her selfless service to the nation. At that time, her health began to fail. Sarojini Naidu passed away on 2nd March, 1949.

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