“I am not ready to die because it requires infinitely higher courage to live.”

—  Sarojini Naidu

[Naravane, Vishwanath S., Sarojini Naidu: An Introduction to Her Life, Work and Poetry, http://books.google.com/books?id=h6v8HsRUBucC&pg=PA133, 1 January 1996, Orient Blackswan, 978-81-250-0931-3, 133–]

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Indian politician, governor of the United Provinces of Agra… 1879–1949

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