National Women’s Day of India 2022

Context

Indian National Women’s Day is observed every year on 13 February to commemorate the birth anniversary of Sarojini Naidu.

• This year, the Nation celebrated her 143^rd Birth Anniversary. 

Key-points

• National Women’s Day in India to observe the cultural, social, political and economic achievements of women in India.
• Government departments around the country recognise her work and contribution.
  • They hold events and remember her leadership.

About Sarojini Naidu

• Sarojini Naidu, born in Hyderabad to a Bengali Brahmin family and educated in Cambridge was the powerful face of Women in the Indian Independence struggle.
• Anti-imperialistic, Universal Suffragist, Women rights activist Mrs. Naidu paved the path for women’s movements in India.
• Indian Nightingale Sarojini Naidu shines both as an activist and as a poet.
  • She was famous for her nickname ‘Nightingale of India’ or ‘Bharat Kokila’ because of her poems.
  • She is well-known across the globe for her contributions to literature.
• In 1925 Sarojini Naidu became the president of the Indian National Congress because of her educational abilities and political acumen.
• Sarojini Naidu was one of the forefront leaders who led the Civil Disobedience Movement and the Quit India Movement. 
• She was also a freedom fighter and the first woman governor of the United Provinces, the present Uttar Pradesh in 1947.
• For Women’s Rights, suffrage and representation in organisations and assemblies she established the Women’s India Association in 1917.
  • Sarojini Naidu was also a contributor to the constitution.
• She died on 2 March 1949 at Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh of a heart attack.

Some of her literary works

• Golden Threshold (1905)
• Kitabistan
• Muhammad Jinnah: An Ambassador of Unity
• The Bird of Time: Songs of Life, Death, and the Spring
• The Broken Wing: Songs of Love, Death and the Spring
• The Gift of India
• The Indian Weavers
• The Sceptred Flute: Songs of India
• Feast of Youth
• The Magic Tree
• The Wizard Mask