GK
FAMOUS PERSONALITIES
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Vijyalakshami Pandit
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Durga Banerjee
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Sarojini Naidu
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Dr. Annie Besant
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Detailed explanation-1: -Governor of United Provinces Following India’s independence from the British rule in 1947, Naidu was appointed the governor of the United Provinces (present-day Uttar Pradesh), making her India’s first woman governor. She remained in office until her death in March 1949 (aged 70).
Detailed explanation-2: -She was India’s first woman governor and remained in that position till her death in 1949. One of the political critics of that time wrote in 1940 that Sarojini Naidu had “contributed more towards the cause of women empowerment and social development than all the sermons of the social workers”.
Detailed explanation-3: -Sarojini Naidu, popularly known as the “Nightingale of India”, was the first Indian woman to become the governor of Uttar Pradesh which was then known as the United Provinces.