life Sarojini Naidu was born in Hyderabadto Aghore Nath Chattopadhyay and Barada Sundari Debi on 13 February 1879. Her father, with a doctorate of Science from Edinburgh University, settled in Hyderabad, where he found and administered the Hyderabad College, which later became the NizamsCollege in Hyderabad. Her mother was a poetess and used to write poetry in Bengali. She was the eldest among the eight siblings. Her brother Virendranath Chattopadhyayawas a revolutionary and her other brother, Harindranathwas a poet, a dramatist, and an actor. [ 6 ] Naidu passed her matriculation examination from the University of Madras, but she took four years break from her studies. In 1895, the Nizam scholarship Trust founded by the 6th Nizam – Mir Mahbub Ali Khan, gave her the chance to study in England first at Kings College Londonand later at Girton College, Cambridge. Naidu met Govindarajulu Naidu, a doctor by profession, and at the age of 19, after finishing her studies, she got married to him. At this time, inter-caste marriages were not allowed, but her father approved the marriage.
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