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11th April 2016, 11:23 AM
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National Womens Day
Sir I am preparing for the government exams so want to know that when is the National Women's Day celebrated and what is the reason behind the same
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11th April 2016, 11:24 AM
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Re: National Womens Day
National Women's Day of India is celebrated on 13 February This day is observed on the date of birth of India’s first women governor Sarojini Naidu. Sarojini Naidu was born on 13 February 1879 and died on 2 March 1949. This was the 135th birth anniversary of Sarojini Naidu Sarojini Naidu Creations Golden Threshold published in 1905 was her first collection of poems The Bird of Time: Songs of Life, Death and the Spring Feast of Youth The Magic Tree The Wizard Mask Muhammad Jinnah: An Ambassador of Unity The Sceptred Flute: Songs of India, Allahabad: Kitabistan The Indian Weavers Fact about Sarojini Naidu Sarojini Naidu is also known as the Nightingale of India She was a child prodigy, a poet and an activist during the independence of India From 1947 to 1949, she served as the first woman to become the governor of an Indian state of United Provinces of Agra and Oudh In 1925, she served as second woman to become President of the Indian National Congress and the first Indian woman to do so Naidu joined the Indian national movement after the partition of Bengal in 1905 In 1928, the British Government awarded her with the medal Naidu Kaiser-i-Hind for her work during the plague epidemic in India |