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Google doodle celebrates India Sarojini Naidu's 135th birthday

Known as the Nightingale of India, Sarojini Naidu was a renowned freedom fighter and also a distinguished poet.

In India Users were today greeted on the Google homepage. With a doodle marking Sarojini Naidu’s 135th birthday

Sarojini Naidu, also known as the Nightingale of India, was born on February 13, 1879 in Hyderabad.

She married Govindarajulu Naidu, a doctor by profession, when she was 19 and the couple had five children.

During the Civil Disobedience movement she played a pivotal role.

Her writing career began at the age of 13 and her major contribution was in the field of poetry. The Golden Threshold.

Her first collection of poems, was published in 1905. The Feather of The Dawn was edited and published posthumously in 1961 by her daughter Padamaja.

Sarojini Naidu suffered a heart attack and died on March 2, 1949 at Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh.

Here are some of her literary works: The Bird of Time: Songs of Life, Death and the Spring The Broken Wing: Songs of Love, Death and the Spring Muhammad Jinnah: An Ambassador of Unity The Sceptred Flute: Songs of India, Allahabad: Kitabistan The Indian Weavers Feast of Youth The Magic Tree The Wizard Mask

A meritorious student, Naidu topped the matriculation examination at Madras University. She received her higher education from King’s College London and later at Girton College, Cambridge.

At the age of 19, she married Dr Govindarajulu Naidu.

British government awarded Naidu Kaiser-i-Hind medal for her work during the plague epidemic in India.

Naidu died of a heart attack on March 2, 1949 at Lucknow.