do u know any name of Female Indian Freedom Fighters tell me the name
By manmaxman
@manmaxman (850)
India
February 16, 2007 4:44am CST
When the history of India's fight for Independence comes to be written, the sacrifice made by the women of India will occupy the foremost place - Mahatma GandhiJawaharlal Nehru had remarked, when most of the men-folk were in prison then a remarkable thing happened. Our women came forward and took charge of the struggle. Women had always been there of course but now there was an avalanche of them, which took not only the British Government but their own menfolk by surprise.
The entire history of the freedom movement is replete with the saga of bravery, sacrifice and political sagacity of great men and women of the country. This struggle which gained momentum in the early 20th century, threw up stalwarts like Mahatma Gandhi, Lala Lajpat Rai, Motilal Nehru, Abul Kalam Azad, C. Rajagopalachari, Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Gopal Krishna Gokhale, Jawaharlal Nehru and Subash Chander Bose. Their number and stature often gives us an erroneous impression that it was only a man’s movement. But it is not so. Many prominent women played a leading role in the freedom movement.The important place assigned to women in India dates back to the time of the Vedas and Smritis. Manu declared that where women were adored, Gods frequented that place, During the Vedic age the position of women in society was very high and they were regarded as equal partners with men in all respects. Who had not heard of Maitri, Gargi, Sati Annusuya and Sita?
In keeping with this tradition, burden of tears and toils of the long years of struggle for India’s freedom was borne by the wives, mothers, and daughters, silently and cheerfully. The programme of self-imposed poverty and periodical jail going was possible only because of the willing co-operation of the worker’s family. In the various resistance movements in the villages, the illiterate women played this passive but contributory part as comrades of their menfolk
.Woman's participation in India's freedom struggle began as early as 1817 when Bhima Bai Holkar fought bravely against the British colonel Malcolm and defeated him in guerilla warfare. In 1824 Rani Channama of Kittur resisted ate armed might of the East Indian Company.
1 Rani of Jhansi
2. SAROJINI NAIDU
3.KASTURBA GANDHI
4.Indira Gandhi
5.MADAM CAMA
6.BEGUM HAZRAT MAHAL
7.Padmaja Naidu
8.Sucheta Kripalani
2 responses
@parmanu (784)
• India
2 Apr 07
Sarojini Naidu was known as Nightingle of India.
Sarojini Naidu was a poet, patriot, politician and good orator. She was the first woman Governor of U.R as well as first lady President :of Indian . National Congress.
Sarojini Naidu was born in 1879 in Hydrabad. His father Dr. Aghornath Chattopadhyay, was a scholar and scientist. So he belonged to a highly educated
and cultured family. From her childhood she was genius and self-esteemed person. She started writing poems at the age of 13. Her first epic was The lady of the lake of 1300 lines. She completed her education at Cambridge, England. She marriaged a South Indian Dr. Gobinda Rajalu Naidu. She faced the society boldly on this intercast marriage. She continued her poetic life after marriage also. Her poems consisted of qualities like love, honesty, satisfaction and beauty.
Although she was a poetess by her nature but she plunged into freedom fighting and registered her as a patriot. Her speeches were amazing. Gandhiji appreciated and respected her. She represented him in various foreign countries. She harnessed all the opportunities which came in her life. This lady of popular multi quality left for heavenly abode in 1949. But she is the burning torch to Indians, especially ladies. We are proud of her.
