INDIAN HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Sister Nivedita was an Irish teacher, author, social activist, school founder and a famous disciple of Swami Vivekananda. She was famously inspired after hearing Swami Vivekananda’s lecture in London, and at the age of 30 she decided to make India her home.

Detailed explanation-2: -Sister Nivedita (Bengali pronunciation: [bhagini nibedita] listen (help·info) born Margaret Elizabeth Noble; 28 October 1867 – 13 October 1911) was an Irish teacher, author, social activist, school founder and disciple of Swami Vivekananda.

Detailed explanation-3: -Many from Western countries were influenced by Swami Vivekananda’s life and message. Some of them became his disciples or friends. Among them were Margaret Noble (later known as Sister Nivedita ), Captain and Mrs Sevier, Josephine McLeod and Sara Ole Bull . Nivedita dedicated her life to educating girls in Kolkata.

Detailed explanation-4: -She went to India primarily to help Vivekananda realize his plans to educate women, and she opened a small school at Calcutta (now Kolkata) in Bengal, where she tried to blend Indian traditions with Western ideas. She closed the school in 1899 to raise funds abroad before returning in 1902 and reopening it.

Detailed explanation-5: -Sister Nivedita met Swami Vivekananda in 1895 in London as an Irish widow named-Margaret Elizabeth Noble. After exchanging her views and questions she decided to travel to Calcutta with him, where he gave her the name – Sister Nivedita.