Question

The most famous woman disciple of Vivekananda was?
A. Madam Blavatsky
B. Annie Besant
C. Sister Nivedita
D. Sarojini Naidu

Answer 1

Hint:
Swami Vivekananda inspired many men and women with his Hindu philosophies. His disciples also helped and inspired masses for various events that eventually led towards freedom of India. His female disciples also came forward to improve the health and education of Indian women.

Complete step by step solution:
Sister Nivedita met Swami Vivekananda in 1895 in London as an Irish widow named - Margaret Elizabeth Noble. After exchanging her views and questions she decided to travel to Calcutta with him, where he gave her the name – Sister Nivedita.

Inspired by Swami Ji, she volunteered to improve the overall conditions of Indian people and promote the idea of freedom among them. She encouraged education among girls by opening school for them in Bagbazar, Calcutta. She contributed a lot, financially and charitably, towards the philosophies of Indian Nationalism. She helped to look after diseased people during the Bubonic plague epidemic.

She inspired many famous authors, poets and freedom fighters for example –Rabindranath Tagore, Abala Bose, Dr. Jagdish Chandra Bose and Abanindranath Tagore.


Hence, the correct answer is option C.

Note:
She soon became an influential figure and used her flair of writing and speaking to expose the lies of Lord Curzon about his age and nuptials with the president of the Korean Foreign Office. She also carried out an organized revolution against the ‘partition of Bengal’ by providing all sort of help to the revolutionaries associated with it.
She influenced the Tamil poet Subrahmanya Bharati to work towards the cause of uplifting women in society and also provided guided support to Annie Besant.She even designed the national flag of India as a red colored flag with the emblem of thunderbolt.