Portrait of Sarojini Naidu - Delhi 1946 Sarojini Naidu (ne Chattopadhyaya) (13 February 1879 2 March 1949), also known by the sobriquet The Nightingale of India, was a child prodigy, Indian independence activist and poet. Naidu was the first Indian woman to become the President of the Indian National Congress and the first woman to become the Governor of Uttar Pradesh state. She was the daughter of Aghorenath Chattopadhyaya. She was active in the Indian Independence Movement, joining Mahatma Gandhi in the Salt March to Dandi, and then leading the Dharasana Satyagraha after the arrests of Gandhi, Abbas Tyabji, and Kasturba Gandhi.
Photographer:Margaret Bourke-White Source: Life Archive hosted by Google |
Portrait of Chakravarti Rajagopalachari - 1946 Chakravarti Rajagopalachari (10 December 1878 25 December 1972), was an Indian lawyer, independence activist, politician, writer and statesman. Rajagopalachari was the last Governor-General of India. He also served as leader of the Indian National Congress, Premier of the Madras Presidency, Governor of West Bengal, Minister for Home Affairs of the Indian Union and Chief Minister of Madras state. Rajaji founded the Swatantra Party and was one of the first recipients of India's highest civilian award, the Bharat Ratna. Photographer:Margaret Bourke-White Source: Life Archive hosted by Google |
Communist Leader Rajani Palme Dutt (L) at press conference - London 1946 Rajani Palme Dutt (19 June 1896 1974), best known as R. Palme Dutt, was a leading journalist and theoretician in the Communist Party of Great Britain. Photographer:Margaret Bourke-White Source: Life Archive hosted by Google Rgds Smitha |
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