Question

Who was Sister Nivedita?

Answer 1

Hint: Narendranath Datta later known as Swami Vivekanand, was the founder of Ramakrishna Mission and Ramakrishna math. Sister Nivedita was a disciple of Swami Vivekananda. At Kolkata, she opened Ramakrishna Sarada Mission Sister Nivedita Girls School under Ramakrishna Mission.

Complete step by step answer:
Margaret Elizabeth Noble born on 28 October 1867. She grew up and spent her childhood and youth in Ireland. She was an Irish activist, author, teacher, school founder, and disciple of Swami Vivekanand. She first met Swami Vivekanand in London in 1895. After that meeting, Swami Vivekanand was inspired by him, and on his call, she traveled to Calcutta India in 1898 and left her friends and family behind. Swami Vivekanand gave her a new name "Nivedita", which means delighted to God. She became one of the main disciples of Swami Vivekanand. She also opened a school in Calcutta and girls who were deprived of basic education. Nivedita is also associated closely with Swami Vivekanand the new project Ramakrishna Mission. To establish a girl’s school and teach deprived basic education girls, she traveled to America and Britain on a lecture tour to raise money for girl’s school. The reason behind the swami's call and inviting Nivedita to India was to spread education among girls and women of the country. Sardar Devi inaugurated the school in the presence of Vivekanand and his other disciples.


Note: To educate girls Nivedita went home to home but in most of the cases, she faced refusal by the male members of the girl's family. From her lecture and writings, she earned money and spent it on school. She worked to improve the condition of all cast women. She also worked and helped people during the plague epidemic in 1899. By birth, she was a Catholic Christian but after came India converted to Hindu.