February 13, 1879
Sarojini Chattopadhyay was born.
Up to 1890
Educated at home by a governess.
1891
Passed the Madras University Matriculation examination.
1892
Wrote Meher Muneer.
1894
Fell in love with Dr Govindrajulu Naidu.
1895
Received a scholarship of £300 per annum from the Nizam of Hyderabad.
1895
Left for London.
1896
Joined Girton College, Cambridge University.
1898
Fell ill, visited Switzerland and Italy.
September 1898
Returned to India.
December 1898
Married Dr Naidu.
1901-04
Birth of her Children, Two boys and Two Girls.
1905
The Golden Threshold published.
1908
Awarded Kaisar-e-Hind title in recognition of her work in the Ambulance
Corps during the War.
1912
The Bird of Time published.
June 1913
Addressed the Muslim League in Lucknow.
1917
The Broken Wing published.
1919
Campaigned against the Rowlatt Act.
July 1919
Went to England.
Returned her Kaiser-e-Hind medal in protest against the Jalianwalla Bagh
massacre.
1920
Spoke extensively on Punjab and the Khilafat Movement in England.
1924
Visited Kenya and South Africa.
1925
Became first woman President of Indian National Congress.
1928
Sailed for America.
1929
Returned to India after successful tour of the USA and Canada.
President of the AIWC.
November 1929
Left to preside over the East African Congress.
March 12, 1930
Mahatma Gandhi's Dandi March commenced.
May 1930
Arrested and sent to jail.
Renaissance
January 1931
Released form Jail.
September 1931
Accompanied Gandhiji to the Second Round Table Conference in London.
Traveled round the continent.
October 1932
Gandhiji commenced fast unto death; Sarojini nursed him.
1937
Visited Gandhiji at Sevagram, near Wardha.
1940
Joined the Satyagraha movement against the enforced participation of India
in World War II. Got arrested.
December 1940
Released from Jail.
1942
Joined 'Quit India' movement.
August 15, 1947
India became independent.
Became the Governor of UP.
March 2, 1949
Sarojini Naidu died after a short illness.
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