ABOUT
SAROJINI NAIDU
THE NIGHTINGALE OF INDIA
• Sarojini Naidu (née Chattopadhyay; 13 February 1879
– 2 March 1949)[1] was an Indian political activist,
feminist and poet. A proponent of civil rights, women's
emancipation, and anti-imperialistic ideas, she was an
important person in India's struggle for independence
from colonial rule. She was also the first Indian woman
to be president of the Indian National Congress and to
be appointed as governor of an Indian state (United
Provinces).
• Naidu's literary work as a poet earned her the sobriquet
the “Nightingale of India”, or “Bharat Kokila” by Mahatma
Gandhi because of colour, imagery and lyrical quality of
her poetry.[2]
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Born in a Bengali family in Hyderabad, Chattopadhyay was educated
in Madras, London and Cambridge. Following her time in England,
where she worked as a suffragist, she was drawn to Indian National
Congress' movement for India's independence from British rule. She
became a part of the Indian nationalist movement and became a
follower of Mahatma Gandhi and his idea of swaraj. She married
Govindarajulu Naidu, a general physician in 1898. She was appointed
the President of the Indian National Congress in 1925 and later
became the Governor of the United Provinces in 1947, becoming the
first woman to hold the office of Governor in the Dominion of India.
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Naidu's poetry includes both children's poems and others written on
more serious themes including patriotism, and tragedy. Published in
1912, "In the Bazaars of Hyderabad" remains one of her most popular
poems. She died of a cardiac arrest on 2 March 1949.
•BAMKIM CHANDRA
CHATTOPADHYAY
• Chattopadhayay was born in the village of Kanthalpara in the town
of North 24 Parganas, Naihati, in an orthodox Bengali Brahmin family,
the youngest of three brothers, to Yadav Chandra Chattopadhayay
and Durgadebi. His ancestors hailed from Deshmukho village
in Hooghly District.[14] His father, a government official, went on to
become the Deputy Collector of Midnapur. One of his
brothers, Sanjib Chandra Chattopadhyay was also a novelist and is
known for his book "Palamau". Bankim Chandra and his elder brother
both went to Hooghly Collegiate School (then Governmental Zilla
School), where he wrote his first poem. He was educated at
the Hooghly Mohsin College and later at Presidency College,
Kolkata, graduating with a degree in arts in 1859
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He later attended the University of Calcutta and was
one of two candidates who passed the final exam to
become the school's first graduates.[15] He later obtained
a degree in law in 1869. Following his father's footsteps,
Bankimchandra joined the Subordinate Executive
Service. In 1858, he was appointed a Deputy Magistrate
(the same type of position held by his father)
of Jessore. After merging of the services in 1863, he
went on to become Deputy Magistrate & Deputy
Collector, retiring from government service in 1891. His
years at work were replete with incidents that brought
him into conflict with the colonial government. He was,
however, made a Companion of the Most Eminent Order
of the Indian Empire (CMEOIE) in 1894.[16] He also
received the title of Rai Bahadur in 1891.
SUBRAMANIA BHARATHI
MAHAKAVI BHARTI
• Subramania Bharathiyar (11 December 1882 – 11 September
1921) was a Tamil writer, poet, journalist, Indian independence
activist, social reformer and polyglot. Popularly known as
"Mahakavi Bharathi" ("Great Poet Bharathi"), he was a pioneer of
modern Tamil poetry and is considered one of the greatest Tamil
literary figures of all time. His numerous works included fiery
songs kindling patriotism during the Indian Independence
movement.[1][2] He fought for the emancipation of women,
against child marriage, vehemently opposed the caste system,
and stood for reforming society and religion. He was also in
solidarity with Dalits and Muslims.[3][4]
• Born in Ettayapuram of Tirunelveli district (presentday Thoothukudi) in 1882, Bharathi had his early education
in Tirunelveli and Varanasi and worked as a journalist with many
newspapers, including The Hindu, Bala Bharata, Vijaya,
Chakravarthini, the Swadesamitran and India.
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In 1908, an arrest warrant was issued against Bharathi by
the government of British India caused him to move to
Pondicherry where he lived until 1918.[5]
• His influence on Tamil literature is phenomenal, although it is
said that he was proficient in around 32, including 3 nonIndian foreign languages. His favorite language was Tamil.
He was prolific in his output. He covered political, social and
spiritual themes. The songs and poems composed by
Bharathi are very often used in Tamil cinema and have
become staples in the literary and musical repertoire of Tamil
artistes throughout the world. He paved the way for
modern blank verse. He wrote many books and poems on
how Tamil is beautiful in nature.
RABINDRANATH TAGORE
• Rabindranath
Tagore FRAS (/rəˈbɪndrənɑːt tæˈɡɔːr/ (
listen); Bengal
: রবীন্দ্রনাথ ঠাকুর; 7 May 1861 – 7 August 1941) was
a Bengali polymath who worked as a poet, writer, playwright,
composer, philosopher, social reformer and painter.[1][2][3] He
reshaped Bengali literature and music as well as Indian
art with Contextual Modernism in the late 19th and early 20th
centuries. Author of the "profoundly sensitive, fresh and
beautiful" poetry of Gitanjali,[4] he became in 1913 the first
non-European and the first lyricist to win the Nobel Prize in
Literature.[5] Tagore's poetic songs were viewed as spiritual
and mercurial; however, his "elegant prose and magical poetry
remain largely unknown outside Bengal.[6] He was a fellow of
the Royal Asiatic Society. Referred to as "the Bard of
Bengal",[7][2][3] Tagore was known
•THANK YOU
•DONE BY: RIZWAAN