2021-09-14 Tue

Sister Nivedita was born Margaret Elizabeth Noble on October 28, 1867; she was an Irish teacher, author, social activist, school founder, and disciple of Swami Vivekananda. She got married to Welsh Youth, but he died soon after their engagement.

In 1895, she met Swami Vivekananda in London and travelled along with him in the Indian States of Kolkata. Later, Swami Vivekananda gave her name ‘Nivedita’ meaning ‘Dedicated to God’, when he initiated her into the vow of Brahmacharya on March 25, 1898. In 1898, she opens a school for girls in Bagbazar (Calcutta). She was also closely associated with the newly established Ramakrishna Mission.

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