Padmaja Naidu
/Overview
Padmaja Naidu born Hyderabad, India November 17, 1900 (d. 1975). Gandhian independence leader; daughter of Indian National Congress President Sarojini Naidu; arrested for civil disobedience, 1942; Governor of West Bengal, 1956. (photo Female Indian Freedom Fighters)
Quotations
On Hyderabad takeover: “The time has come for forgiveness for all those who sinned so grievously both before and after the police action. Without that there is no chance of any enduring peace.” (to Nehru, per Nehru to Patel, Oct. 1, 1950 in Taylor Sherman, State Violence, 2010); photo Female Indian Freedom Fighters)