Footfalls of Indian History - Softcover

Noble, Margaret Elizabeth

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1103301403 ISBN 13: 9781103301409

Publisher: BiblioBazaar, 2009

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About the Author:

Bhagini (Sister) Nivedita, born Margaret Elizabeth Noble 28 October 1867, was a Scots-Irish social worker, author, teacher and a disciple of Swami Vivekananda. She spent her childhood and early days of her youth in Ireland. From her father, her college professor, and many others she learned many valuable lessons, amongst them: service to mankind is the true service to God. She worked as school teacher and later also opened a school. She was committed to marry a Welsh youth who died soon after their engagement.

Sister Nivedita met Swami Vivekananda in 1895 in London and traveled to Calcutta, India (present-day Kolkata) in 1898. Swami Vivekananda gave her the name Nivedita (meaning "Dedicated to God") when he initiated her into the vow of Brahmacharya on 25 March 1898. In November 1898, she opened a girls' school in Bagbazar area of Calcutta. She wanted to educate those girls who were deprived of even basic education. During the plague epidemic in Calcutta in 1899 Nivedita nursed and took care of the poor patients.

Nivedita had close associations with the newly established Ramakrishna Mission. However, because of her active contribution in the field of Indian Nationalism, she had to publicly dissociate herself from the activities of the Ramakrishna Mission under the then president Swami Brahmananda. She was very intimate with Sarada Devi, the spiritual consort of Ramakrishna and one of the major influences behind Ramakrishna Mission and also with all brother disciples of Swami Vivekananda. She died on 13 October 1911 in Darjeeling. Her epitaph reads, "Here reposes Sister Nivedita who gave her all to India".

Sister Nivedita is the author of: Cradle Tales of Hinduism (818530193X), Kali the Mother (8175050403), Master As I Saw Him (9788180404580), Religion and Dharma (8175051280), and, along with Ananda K. Coomaraswamy, Myths and Legends of the Hindus and Buddhists (8175051973)

About this edition

• Publisher: BiblioBazaar
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1103301403
• ISBN 13: 9781103301409
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 342