Biography sister nivedita

Irish social activist and disciple of Swami Vivekananda

"Margaret Noble" redirects here. For the artist, see Margaret Noble (artist).

Sister Nivedita (Bengali pronunciation:[bhagininibedita]listen^ⓘ born Margaret Elizabeth Noble; 28 October – 13 October )^[1][2] was an Irish teacher, author, social activist, school founder and disciple of Swami Vivekananda.^[3][4] She spent her childhood and early youth in Ireland.

She was engaged to marry a Welsh youth, but he died soon after their engagement.

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Sister Nivedita met Swami Vivekananda in in London and travelled to Calcutta (present-day Kolkata), India, in Swami Vivekananda gave her the name Nivedita (meaning "Dedicated to God") when he initiated her into the vow of Brahmacharya on 25 March In November , she opened a girls' school in the Bagbazar area of North Calcutta.

She wanted to educate girls who were deprived of even basic education. During the plague ep