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SAROJINI CHATOPADHYAY (also spelled Sarolini, see also: Saraolini Naidu) A POET AND A POLITICAL LEADER, IS STILL A ROLE MODEL FOR MILLIONS OF INDIAN WOMEN.SHE WAS EDUCATED IN MADRAS AND LATER AT KING'S COLLEGE,LONDON AND CAMBRIDGE. IN 1898 ,SHE MARRIED Dr M.G NAIDU. HER POETRY IS ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN THREE VOLUMES ......THE GOLDEN THRESHOLD (1905), THE BIRD OF TIMES(1912) & THE BROKEN WIND(1905) WAS WRITTEN IN ENGLISH BUT DEALS WITH A ROMANTIC VEIN WITH INDIAN THEMES.

IN THE YEAR 1914 ,SHE WAS ELECTED FELLOW OF ROYAL SOCIETY OF LITERATURE. SHE WAS AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF INDIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS AND IN 1925 SHE BECAME THE ITS FIRST WOMEN PRESIDENT. SHE WAS A CLOSE ASSOCIATE OF M.K GANDHI . SHE PASSED AWAY ON MARCH 2, 1949.

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