The Story of Sister Nivedita
Sister Nivedita was an Irish Indian theorist, professor, writer, civil fighter and disciple of Swami Vivekananda. She was born on 28th October 1987 in Ireland, UK. Her parents' names are Samuel Richmond Nobel and Mary Isabel Nobel. Her father was a cobbler. Her actual name was Margaret Elizabeth Nobel. She came across Swami Vivekananda in 1895 in London and then moved to Kolkata, India, in 1898. On 25th March 1898, she was named Sister Nivedita, which meant Devoted to God by Swami Vivekananda when he introduced her in the oath of Brahmacharya. During that time, girls were not allowed to study, so Sister Nivedita opened a girls' school in Bagbazar in November 1898 because she wanted girls to study, especially those who were not allowed to study. She had explored several parts of India with Swami Vivekananda, Josephine MacLeod and Sara Bull, including Jammu and Kashmir. This had aided her in understanding the Indian crowds, Indian traditions and the older days of India. On 11th May 1898, she travelled with Swami Vivekananda, Josephine MacLeod, Sara Bull and Swami Turiyananda on a trip to the Himalayas. First, they travelled to Nainital they moved to Almora. She even started to learn Bengali from Swami Swarupananda. Through Almora, they moved to Jammu and Kashmir, staying at a houseboat. In 1899, Sister Nivedita and Swami Vivekananda had journeyed to Amarnath. Later, she and Swami Vivekananda journeyed to the US and lodged at Ridgeley Manor in the countryside of New York. Subsequently, she wrote down various accounts of her travels and adventures with her teacher in the book. She sometimes used to call Swami Vivekananda the king and thought herself the non-secular daughter of West Bengal. She had formed a familiarity with the currently established Ramkrishna Mission. Due to her active participation in the department of Indian patriotism, she had to frankly separate herself from the tasks of Ramkrishna Mission under the president, Swami Brahmananda. In 1905, the settler government under the administration of Lord Curzon commenced the partition of Bengal, which marked a major turning point. She took part in a key role in arranging the movement. She offered monetary and clerical help and brought her touch to gain knowledge from government offices and advise civil rights advocates. She came across Indian artists such as Abanindranath Tagore, Ananda Coomaraswamy and E.B Havell and motivated them to build a correct Indian school of art. She always motivated and taught the skilled students of the Calcutta Arts School to proceed with the unnoticed tunes of earlier Indian art, such as Nandalal Bose, Asit Kumar Haldar and Surendranath Ganguly. She had a huge effect on the popular Tamil poet Subramania Bharati, whom she had encountered only for a short time in 1906. She guided Subramania Bharati to perform for the independence of women in India. She had also created the national flag of India with the setback as the symbol without any red circumstances. On 13th October 1911, she lost her life in Darjeeling.
