London/IBNS: A statue commemorating Sister Nivedita, an Irish-born educator and advocate for women's education and India's nationalism, will be unveiled in London's Wimbledon on July 1.
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Nivedita, also called Sister Nivedita, original name Margaret Elizabeth Noble, (born October 28, 1867, Dungannon, Ireland [now in Northern Ireland] died October 13, 1911, Darjeeling [Darjiling], India), Irish-born schoolteacher who was a follower of the Indian spiritual leader Vivekananda (Narendranath Datta) and became an influential spokesperson promoting Indian national consciousness, unity, and freedom. The eldest child of Mary and Samuel Richmond Noble, Margaret became a teacher at the age of 17 and taught in different schools around Ireland and England before establishing her own school at Wimbledon in 1892. A good writer and speaker, she joined the Sesame Club in London,
A ghost organisation, Sevika Sangha, was trying to discreetly replace the old statue of Sister Nivedita – a disciple of Swami Vivekananda – with a new one. New marble plaques with Hindi quotations were also installed.
Bathinda : On National Youth Day, the Central University of Punjab, Bathinda (CUPB), under the patronage of Vice Chancellor Prof. Raghavendra P. Tiwari, organized a webinar on "Swami Vivekananda’s role in the freedom struggle" to channelize the