Padmaja Naidu
Padmaja Naidu | |
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| 4th Governor of West Bengal | |
| In office 3 November 1956 – 1 June 1967 | |
| Preceded by | Phani Bhusan Chakravartti (acting) |
| Succeeded by | Dharma Vira |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 17 November 1900 Hyderabad, Hyderabad State, British India |
| Died | 2 May 1975 (aged 74) New Delhi, India |
| Parent(s) | Mutyala Govindrajulu Naidu Sarojini Naidu |
| Occupation | Politician |
Padmaja Naidu (17 November 1900 – 2 May 1975) was an Indian freedom fighter and politician who was the 4th Governor of West Bengal from 3 November 1956 to 1 June 1967. She was the daughter of Sarojini Naidu.
Early life
Padmaja Naidu was born in Hyderabad to a Telugu Balija father and a Bengali Brahmin mother.[1] Her mother was the poet and Indian freedom fighter, Sarojini Naidu. Her father Mutyala Govindrajulu Naidu was a physician.[2] She had four siblings, Jayasurya, Leelamani, Nilawar and Randheer.[3]
Political career
At the age of 21, she co-founded the
Personal life
Early in her life, Padmaja was a close friend of Ruttie Petit who married Muhammad Ali Jinnah, later the founder of Pakistan.[6] Padmaja Naidu had a close relationship with the Nehru family, including with Jawaharlal Nehru and his sister, Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit.[7] Pandit later told Pupul Jayakar, Indira Gandhi's friend and biographer, that Padmaja Naidu and Nehru lived together for many years. Nehru did not marry Padmaja because he did not want to hurt his daughter, Indira.[8][9] However, Padmaja never married Nehru in the hope that he would propose one day.[10][6] After retiring, Padmaja lived until her death in 1975 in a bungalow on the Teen Murti Bhavan estate, Prime Minister Nehru's official residence and later a museum dedicated to his memory.[3]
Legacy
The Padmaja Naidu Himalayan Zoological Park in Darjeeling was named after her death.
References
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- Roger D. Long, ed. (2004). Charisma and Commitment in South Asian History: Essays Presented to Stanley Wolpert. Orient Blackswan. p. 275. ISBN 9788125026419.
Sarojini was a Brahmin and a Bengali, while Dr Naidu was from the Balija community and a Telugu
- Sri G. D. Kameswara Rao, ed. (1978). Sarojini Naidu The Nightingale Of India. Vol. 23. Director of Information and Public Relations, Andhra Pradesh. p. 8.
Kumari Sarojini chattopadhyaya at 19 years, married Dr. Govindarajulu Naidu of Hyderabad, a non brahmin who belonged to Balija community.
- Sheela Reddy, ed. (2017). Mr and Mrs Jinnah: The Marriage that Shook India. Random House India. p. 77. ISBN 9780143439660.
Sarojini's marriage to Dr naidu did not create an uproar among either the Telugu Balija clan to which Dr Naidu belonged or among the Bengali subcaste of Kulin Brahmins to which Sarojini's family belonged.
- The Illustrated Weekly of India. Vol. 92. Published for the proprietors, Bennett, Coleman & Company, Limited, at the Times of India Press. 1971. p. 12.
- Padmini Sengupta, ed. (1966). Sarojini Naidu: A Biography. Asia Publishing House for the. p. 34.
- Mrs. Marcus B. Fuller, ed. (1900). The Wrongs of Indian Womanhood. Revell. p. 220.
- G.A. Natesan, ed. (1972). The Indian Review. Vol. 67. G.A. Natesan & Company. p. 18.
- Roger D. Long, ed. (2004). Charisma and Commitment in South Asian History: Essays Presented to Stanley Wolpert. Orient Blackswan. p. 275.
- ^ "Biography". Archived from the original on 29 October 2013.
- ^ ISBN 978-94-007-4661-9.
- ^ "Padmaja Naidu Dies at 75; ExWest Bengal Governor". New York Times. No. May 3. 1975. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
- ISBN 0-14-303245-3.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-547-66921-2.
- ISBN 978-81-8475-966-2.
- ISBN 978-0140114621.
- ISBN 9780954572648.
- ISBN 978-0-8050-8073-5.
Further reading
- Benichou, Lucien D. (2000), From Autocracy to Integration: Political Developments in Hyderabad State, 1938-1948, Orient Blackswan, pp. 65–68, ISBN 978-81-250-1847-6
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