Monday, March 18, 2013

Rabindra-Week in Bombay-1933

Sarojini Naidu, also known by the sobriquet The Nightingale of India, was a child prodigy, Indian independence activist and poet. Naidu was one of the framers of the Indian Constitution. Naidu is the second Indian woman to become the President of the Indian National Congress and the first woman to become the Governor of Uttar Pradesh state. Her birthday is celebrated as Women's Day all over India.
Sarojini Naidu organise to observe Rabindra- Week in Bombay. An exhibition of paintings of the students of Kala Bhavan and Taser Desh dance drama were held in Bombay.
From Bombay the poet went to Waltair and delivered lectures in the seires of lectures of KrishnaSwami in Andhra University. Then he came to Hyderabad as a guest of Sir Kishen Pershad. He delivered a lecture in Osmania University. In 1927, Nijam of Hyderabad donated Viswabharati one lac of Rupees.in 1927.
Rabindranath returned to Calcutta and delivered lecture on 29th Dec on " Bharat Pathik Rammohan" on the occasion of birth centenary of Rammohan and on 30th Dec in All India Womens Conference in Town Hall.