Sarojini Naidu: The Revolutionary Who Defied British, Raised Slogans, And Made The Tricolor From Her Saree
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Sarojini Naidu: The Woman Who Tore Her Sari for India's Tricolor, Fought British & Social Evils
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News18•13-02-2026, 01:45
Sarojini Naidu: The Woman Who Tore Her Sari for India's Tricolor, Fought British & Social Evils
•Today, February 13, marks 'National Women's Day' in honor of Sarojini Naidu, the 'Nightingale of India'.
•Born on February 13, 1879, in Hyderabad, Sarojini Naidu was a poet and a fierce freedom fighter.
•At a Berlin conference where India had no official flag, she and other women tore their saris to create a tricolor, upholding national honor.
•She left poetry to fully immerse herself in the freedom movement, becoming the first Indian woman President of Congress in 1925 and later UP's first woman Governor.
•Sarojini Naidu championed women's rights, fighting against the purdah system, child marriage, and advocating for widow remarriage and women's suffrage.
