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naidu was the first indian woman to become the president of the indian national congress and the first woman to become the governor of uttar pradesh. she was active in the indian independence movement, joining mahatma gandhi in the salt march to dandi, and then leading the dharasana satyagraha after the arrests of gandhi, abbas tyabji, and kasturba gandhi. sarojini naidu was born in hyderabad, india as the eldest daughter of scientist, philosopher, and educator aghornath chattopadhyaya, and barada sundari devi, a poetess. her father was the founder of the nizam college, and also the first member of the indian national congress in hyderabad with his friend mulla abdul qayyum. he was later dismissed from his position as principal and even banished in retaliation for his political activities. she passed her matriculation examination from madras university at the age of twelve, also being first in the entire presidency. from 1891 to 1894 she took break from her studies and was involved in extensive reading on various subjects. in 1895, at the age of sixteen, she travelled to england to study first at king's college london and subsequently at girton college, cambridge. sarojini naidu learnt to speak urdu, telugu, english, persian and bengali. her favorite poet was p.