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Sarojini Naidu was born on February 13th in 1879 in Hyderabad. She was a political activist and played an active role in the freedom struggle of India. She was the first Indian woman to become the president of the Indian National Congress. In 1947, she became the governor of the United Provinces (U.P), a position she retained till her death in 1949.
Apart from her political career she was also an avid poetry writer. For her beautiful poetry she has been lovingly called "The Nightingale of India". Some of her major contributions are "The Golden Threshold" and "The Bird of Time". In 1914, she was elected as fellow of The Royal Society of Literature. Her collected English poems have been published in "The Sceptred Flute" and "The Feather at the Dawn".
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