Many foreigners impressed by Swami Vivekananda's lectures and Hindu philosophy became disciples of Swamiji. Prominent among them is 'Sister Nivedita'.
Miss Margaret Noble came to India on Swamiji's invitation. Sister Nivedita was born in Duncannon, a small town in Northern Ireland, on October 28, 1867, to Mr. Samuel Richmond Noble and Mrs. Mary Isabel Noble. 'Margaret' had good psychic intelligence since childhood. After the untimely death of her father, seventeen-year-old Margaret took up a teaching career to support the family. As a good teacher, she has a reputation and prestige. Journalism started at a young age. While working at the school, she got involved with the local church there. She finally decided to report her life to God as a 'nun', serving all branches of Christianity without distinction to the local church authorities. She was disgusted by the narrow-mindedness of the church authorities and reduced going to church. Buddha's prophecies filled the void created in her, and she studied Buddhism.
Later, when she wanted to marry an engineer named 'Welshman' and pursue spiritual studies, the young man's death - left her devastated. To cope with the tragedy, he transferred from Wrexham to Chester. While teaching at the Riskin School there, she earned a reputation as a literary critic and educator in London. It was the year 1893. Swami Vivekananda was invited to Margaret's friend Isabel's house. It was also the first time Margaret had seen him. She asked him the meaning of “Atma, Paramatma, Punarjanma Janma Rahityam, etc. His answers affected her so much. 'Margaret' became a devotee of Swamiji. Swamiji stayed immediately and diligently wrote down sermons wherever he visited. Vivekananda Vani, which we get today, is the reason for Akshara's death. She received a call from Swamiji in July 1897. On 28th January 1898, Margaret arrived at Calcutta Docks. Swamiji personally welcomed her. On March 11, 1898, Swamiji introduced her to the audience at the inaugural meeting of the Ramakrishna Mutt held at the Star Theatre, Calcutta. On 17th March 1898 met Sarada Mata. Sharadamata had breakfast with her. Adopted her as a daughter. It was 25th March 1998, a golden moment in Margaret's life - the shrine at Nilambara Mukherjee's home in Belur - the mantapa reverberating with the prayer 'Asatoma Sadgamaya' - Swamiji took the tambura and sang 'Shivaparvatistvam'. Swamiji placed 'Vibhuti' in front of Margaret. Margaret will be known as 'Nivedita' from this day forward," declared Swamiji. Then he suggested, "Niveditah, you should start a girls' school across the Ganges." On 25-03-1899, Swamiji gave Nivedita the final initiation given to a celibate. On November 11, 1898, Nivedita started a girls' university in her home.
Nivedita, Mahatma's sister Nivedita, was a visionary who initiated the women's education movement on the orders of Vivekananda, who believed that if a woman is educated, she can bring respect to her family and bring respect to her family. Undoubtedly, the Indian soul was awakened by her work, which she believed to be God's will. She felt that the reason why Christian organizations spread bad propaganda about India in the West was because India was a slave country. Jagdish Chandra Bose (JC Bose) was humiliated in England. The British Government rejected applications to start Jamshedji Tata Bharatiya University and Hindu College at Anibisent Kashi. All this shocked the reporter. In addition to all this, their anarchic rule angered her. She decided that no nation under foreign servitude could dream of national revival.
With the Patriots.
Revolutionaries like Bhupendranath Dutta, Vivekananda's brother, and Barish Ghosh, sub-editor of Yugantar magazine, considered her as their guru. She guided the famous revolutionary organization 'Anushilana Samiti' started by Pulin Bihari. Arrested revolutionary heroes were brought out on bail. He wrote articles for many magazines, tearing apart the British demon rule. In the background of these developments, the British government watched her. A famous freedom fighter, Aravinda Maharshi, while working as a college teacher in Baroda, preached to him that 'Your service is essential to your homeland'. Swadeshi - He guided the Indians with great insistence on the mother tongue. She sold indigenous goods on a wheelbarrow to show the use of indigenous goods.
Remember your mother tongue.
It is reported that when Rabindranath Tagore went home, Tagore asked him to teach English to his daughters in the same way as young English girls learn. She disagreed and said that foreign ideals should not be imposed on Indian children. That is why she learned the Bengali language hard and taught herself in Bengali in a girls' school where there was a shortage of teachers. Today, we are learning non-national standard education because we despise our mother tongue. We are seeing the consequences.
Encouragement to researchers
Nivedita was involved in all these programs, but the average Indian was saved from soul damage. Once J.C. Bose's discoveries were disgraced in Britain, Nivedita stood by him. Moreover, if his research articles were blocked from being published, he continuously edited his articles for 5 years and published them. Also encouraged to write new books and provided financial assistance for their printing. He discussed the establishment of a research center in Calcutta with J.C. Bose to encourage Indian research (scientists) and stand before the world. But when it was created in 1917 at the initiative of J.C. Bose, her absence caused him great pain. Thus, it is no exaggeration that the seed she planted to increase self-confidence and self-respect among our scientists has made us the leader in science today.
Moreover, we cannot forget the special contribution made by Nivedita in giving life to Indian arts. She also influenced national poets. Poet Rabindra Nath Tagore said that thinking of her name gives me strength even after her death. Noted Tamil poet Subrahmanya Bharathi hailed Nivedita as his spiritual guru. After publishing the book Bharatiya Jivajalam, he expressed his devotion to Vivekananda by saying, 'If my Gurudev Vivekananda had written this book, I would have written what he would have said in it.'
Aurobindo described her after fully understanding the message that had left an indelible mark on her life and said, 'She spread like a fireball in all walks of life in our country'.
Nivedita did all this work, feeling lucky to serve this land and deeply believing the world would improve through India's rise. He wished to sensitize all the children of this earth to the values of Hindu life. He did the work he undertook wholeheartedly and determinedly, so her efforts were not wasted.
Sister Nivedita, who became a member of the Hindu nation and gave her all, passed away on October 13, 1911, but still shines brightly in the souls of all of us nationalists.
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