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Niveditha (VJ)
Nivedita and variants may refer to: People *Sister Nivedita (1867–1911), disciple of Swami Vivekananda *Charu Nivedita, Tamil writer *Niveditha Arjun (active from 1986), Indian actress, producer and dancer in Kannada cinema *Nivedita Joshi, Marathi and Hindi actress *Nivedita Bhattacharya (born 1970), Indian actress *Nivedita Bhasin (born 1963), Indian pilot *Nivedita Sambhajirao Mane (born 1963), Indian MP *Nivedita Jain (1979–1998), Indian former actress and model *Nivedhitha, Kannada film actress, formerly known as Smitha *Baby Niveditha, Malayalam child actress *Niveda Thomas (born 1995), also known as Niveditha, Malayalam film actress *Libi Rana, also known as Nivedita, Indian film actress from the 1960s and 1970s Other uses *Nivedita Setu, bridge over the Hooghly River in West Bengal *Sister Nivedita University, in West Bengal See also *Nivetha {{disambiguation, surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sister Nivedita
Sister Nivedita ( born Margaret Elizabeth Noble; 28 October 1867 – 13 October 1911) was an Irish teacher, author, social activist, school founder and disciple of Swami Vivekananda. She spent her childhood and early youth in Ireland. She was engaged to marry a Welsh youth, but he died soon after their engagement. Sister Nivedita met Swami Vivekananda in 1895 in London and travelled to Calcutta (present-day Kolkata), India in 1898. Swami Vivekananda gave her the name ''Nivedita'' (meaning "Dedicated to God") when he initiated her into the vow of ''Brahmacharya'' on 25 March 1898. In November 1898, she opened a girls' school in the Bagbazar area of North Calcutta. She wanted to educate girls who were deprived of even basic education. During the plague epidemic in Calcutta in 1899, Nivedita nursed and took care of the poor patients. Nivedita had close associations with the newly established Ramakrishna Mission. Because of her active contribution in the field of Indian Nationali ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
