The inscription reads: “To Dr. Malan / from Sarojini Naidu / In remembrance of the Round Table Conference and a happy acquaintance / Cape Town 8th Feb 1932”
“Sarojini Naidu or Sarojini Chattopadhyaya (February 13, 1879, Hyderabad – March 2, 1949, Lucknow), also known by the sobriquet Bharatiya Kokila (The Nightingale of India), was a child prodigy, freedom fighter, 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.
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.”
Price: POA
Edition: Reprint
Published: 1928
Publishers: William Heinemann
Condition: Hardcover in fair/poor condition, with shelf wear and scuff marks around the edges and top and bottom of the spine. Discolouration and scuff marks on the covers. Light foxing throughout the book. Crack on the inside of the front cover, Otherwise internally in good condition – clean and tightly bound.
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The inscription reads: “To Dr. Malan / from Sarojini Naidu / In remembrance of the Round Table Conference and a happy acquaintance / Cape Town 8th Feb 1932”
“Sarojini Naidu or Sarojini Chattopadhyaya (February 13, 1879, Hyderabad – March 2, 1949, Lucknow), also known by the sobriquet Bharatiya Kokila (The Nightingale of India), was a child prodigy, freedom fighter, 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.
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.”
Price: POA
Edition: Reprint
Published: 1928
Publishers: William Heinemann
Condition: Hardcover in fair/poor condition, with shelf wear and scuff marks around the edges and top and bottom of the spine. Discolouration and scuff marks on the covers. Light foxing throughout the book. Crack on the inside of the front cover, Otherwise internally in good condition – clean and tightly bound.
Additional information
| Weight | 300 g |
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