Sarojini (सरोजिनी) is from the Sanskrit *saroja* ("lotus") with the feminine suffix. **Sarojini Naidu (1879-1949)** was the **"Nightingale of India"** — Indian independence activist, poet, and orator. **The first Indian woman to be President of the Indian National Congress (1925)** and **the first female Governor of Independent India** (Uttar Pradesh, 1947-1949). Close associate of Gandhi, Nehru, and Jinnah.
Featured on Indian postage and currency.
Sarojini reduces to six — the number of Indian Nightingale.