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	~~'''Padmaja Naidu''' (17 November 1900 – 2 May 1975) was an Indian freedom fighter and politician who was the 5th Governor of West Bengal from 3 November 1956 to 1 June 1967.~~		{{Infobox officeholder

	{{Infobox ~~Officeholder~~
	\| name = Padmaja Naidu		\| name = Padmaja Naidu
	\| office = ~~[[List of Governors of West Bengal\|5th]]~~ [[Governor of West Bengal]]		\| image =
			\| office = 4th [[Governor of West Bengal]]
	\| term_start = 3 November 1956		\| term_start = 3 November 1956
	\| term_end = 1 June 1967		\| term_end = 1 June 1967
	\| predecessor = [[Phani Bhusan Chakravartti]]		\| predecessor = [[Phani Bhusan Chakravartti]] ''(acting)''
	\| successor = [[Dharma Vira]]		\| successor = [[Dharma Vira]]
	\| birth_date = 17 November 1900		\| birth_date = 17 November 1900
	\| birth_place = [[Hyderabad]], [[Hyderabad State]], [[British India]]		\| birth_place = [[Hyderabad]], Hyderabad State, British India
	\| death_date = 2 May 1975 (aged 74)		\| death_date = 2 May 1975 (aged 74)
	\| death_place = [[New Delhi]], [[~~India~~]]		\| death_place = [[New Delhi]], India
	\| ~~image~~ =		\| parents = Mutyala Govindrajulu Naidu<br /> [[Sarojini Naidu]]
			\| party = [[Indian National Congress]]<ref>{{cite web \| title=Remembering Padmaja Naidu: From freedom fighter to Governor of West Bengal \| date=13 August 2017 \| url=https://www.inuth.com/india/women-freedom-fighters-of-india/remembering-padmaja-naidu-from-freedom-struggle-to-governor-of-west-bengal/ }}</ref><ref>{{cite web \| title=Sarojini Naidu: A lyrical voice of women's empowerment and nationalism \| date=13 February 2025 \| url=https://indianexpress.com/article/upsc-current-affairs/upsc-essentials/sarojini-naidu-a-lyrical-voice-of-womens-empowerment-and-nationalism-9832548/ }}</ref>
			\| occupation = Politician
	}}		}}
			'''Padmaja Naidu''' (17 November 1900 – 2 May 1975) was an Indian freedom fighter and politician who was the 4th Governor of West Bengal from 3 November 1956 to 1 June 1967. She was the daughter of [[Sarojini Naidu]].

	==Early life==		==Early life==
	Padmaja Naidu was born in Hyderabad to a Bengali mother and a Telugu ~~father~~. Her mother was the poet and Indian freedom fighter, [[Sarojini Naidu]]. Her father Mutyala Govindrajulu Naidu was a physician.<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.in.com/padmaja-naidu/biography-354750.html \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029191146/http://www.in.com/padmaja-naidu/biography-354750.html \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=2013-10-29 \|title=Biography }}</ref> She had four siblings, Jayasurya, Leelamani, Nilawar and Randheer.<ref name="Paranjape2012">{{cite book\|author=Makarand R. Paranjape\|title=Making India: Colonialism, National Culture, and the Afterlife of Indian English Authority\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-UjZlNCh-qwC&pg=PA164\|date=3 September 2012\|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media\|isbn=978-94-007-4661-9\|pages=164–167}}</ref>		Padmaja Naidu was born in [[Hyderabad]] to a [[Telugu language\|Telugu]] [[Balija]] father and a [[Bengali Brahmin]] mother.<ref>
			*{{cite book\|editor1-last=Roger D. Long \|author2=\|title=Charisma and Commitment in South Asian History: Essays Presented to Stanley Wolpert
			\|volume= \|publisher=Orient Blackswan \|year=2004\|page=275\|isbn=9788125026419\|quote=Sarojini was a Brahmin and a Bengali, while Dr Naidu was from the Balija community and a Telugu\| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tUAVk84xBGUC }}
			*{{cite book\|editor1-last=Sri G. D. Kameswara Rao \|author2=\|title=Sarojini Naidu The Nightingale Of India
			\|volume=23 \|publisher=Director of Information and Public Relations, Andhra Pradesh \|year=1978\|page=8\|isbn=\|quote=Kumari Sarojini chattopadhyaya at 19 years, married Dr. Govindarajulu Naidu of Hyderabad, a non brahmin who belonged to Balija community.\| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lBJWAAAAYAAJ }}
			*{{cite book\|editor1-last=Sheela Reddy \|author2=\|title= Mr and Mrs Jinnah: The Marriage that Shook India
			\|volume= \|publisher=Random House India \|year=2017\|page=77\|isbn=9780143439660 \|quote=Sarojini's marriage to Dr naidu did not create an uproar among either the Telugu Balija clan to which Dr Naidu belonged or among the Bengali subcaste of Kulin Brahmins to which Sarojini's family belonged.\| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kWslDgAAQBAJ }}
			*{{cite book\|editor1-last= \|author2=\|title=The Illustrated Weekly of India
			\|volume=92 \|publisher=Published for the proprietors, Bennett, Coleman & Company, Limited, at the Times of India Press \|year=1971\|page=12\|isbn=\|quote=\| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_fpjlfhIf6EC }}
			*{{cite book\|editor1-last=Padmini Sengupta \|author2=\|title= Sarojini Naidu: A Biography
			\|volume= \|publisher=Asia Publishing House for the \|year=1966\|page=34\|isbn=\|quote=\| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IXodAAAAMAAJ }}
			*{{cite book\|editor1-last=Mrs. Marcus B. Fuller \|author2=\|title=The Wrongs of Indian Womanhood
			\|volume= \|publisher=Revell \|year=1900\|page=220\|isbn=\|quote=\| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kD-3AAAAIAAJ }}
			*{{cite book\|editor1-last=G.A. Natesan \|author2=\|title=The Indian Review
			\|volume=67 \|publisher=G.A. Natesan & Company \|year=1972\|page=18\|isbn=\|quote= \| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eUDjAAAAMAAJ }}
			</ref> Her mother was the poet and Indian freedom fighter, [[Sarojini Naidu]]. Her father Mutyala Govindrajulu Naidu was a physician.<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.in.com/padmaja-naidu/biography-354750.html \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029191146/http://www.in.com/padmaja-naidu/biography-354750.html \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=2013-10-29 \|title=Biography }}</ref> She had four siblings, Jayasurya, Leelamani, Nilawar and Randheer.<ref name="Paranjape2012">{{cite book\|author=Makarand R. Paranjape\|title=Making India: Colonialism, National Culture, and the Afterlife of Indian English Authority\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-UjZlNCh-qwC&pg=PA164\|date=3 September 2012\|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media\|isbn=978-94-007-4661-9\|pages=164–167}}</ref>

	==Political career==		==Political career==

	At the age of 21, she co-founded the [[Indian National Congress]] in the Nizam ruled [[princely state]] of [[Hyderabad state\|Hyderabad]]. She was jailed for taking part in the "[[Quit India]]" movement in 1942. After Independence, she was elected to the Indian Parliament in 1950. In 1956 she was appointed the Governor of [[West Bengal]].<ref>{{cite news \|title=Padmaja Naidu Dies at 75; ExWest Bengal Governor \|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1975/05/03/archives/padmaja-naidu-dies-at-75-exwest-bengal-governor.html \|access-date=1 June 2018 \|issue=May 3 \|work=New York Times \|date=1975}}</ref> She was also associated with the [[International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement\|Red Cross]] and was the ~~chair~~ of the [[Indian Red Cross Society\|Indian Red Cross]] from 1971 to 1972.<ref>{{cite book \|url={{Google books \|plainurl=yes \|id=cwB7ebB8TK8C \|page=18 }} \|title=Two Alone, Two Together \|first=Sonia \|last=Gandhi \|year=2004 \|page=18 \|isbn=0-14-303245-3 }}</ref>		At the age of 21, she co-founded the [[Indian National Congress]] in the Nizam ruled [[princely state]] of [[Hyderabad state\|Hyderabad]]. She was jailed for taking part in the "[[Quit India]]" movement in 1942. After Independence, she was elected to the Indian Parliament in 1950. In 1956 she was appointed the Governor of [[West Bengal]].<ref>{{cite news \|title=Padmaja Naidu Dies at 75; ExWest Bengal Governor \|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1975/05/03/archives/padmaja-naidu-dies-at-75-exwest-bengal-governor.html \|access-date=1 June 2018 \|issue=May 3 \|work=New York Times \|date=1975}}</ref> She was also associated with the [[International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement\|Red Cross]] and was the chairperson of the [[Indian Red Cross Society\|Indian Red Cross]] from 1971 to 1972.<ref>{{cite book \|url={{Google books \|plainurl=yes \|id=cwB7ebB8TK8C \|page=18 }} \|title=Two Alone, Two Together \|first=Sonia \|last=Gandhi \|year=2004 \|page=18 \|publisher=Penguin Books India \|isbn=0-14-303245-3 }}</ref>

	==Personal life==		==Personal life==

	Early in her life, Padmaja was a close friend of [[Rattanbai Jinnah\|Ruttie Petit]] who married [[Muhammad Ali Jinnah]], later the founder of [[Pakistan]].<ref name="Hajari2015">{{cite book\|author=Nisid Hajari\|title=Midnight's Furies: The Deadly Legacy of India's Partition\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bO5zCQAAQBAJ&pg=PP1\|year=2015\|publisher=Houghton Mifflin Harcourt\|isbn=978-0-547-66921-2\|pages=32–34}}</ref>		Early in her life, Padmaja was a close friend of [[Rattanbai Jinnah\|Ruttie Petit]] who married [[Muhammad Ali Jinnah]], later the founder of [[Pakistan]].<ref name="Hajari2015">{{cite book\|author=Nisid Hajari\|title=Midnight's Furies: The Deadly Legacy of India's Partition\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bO5zCQAAQBAJ&pg=PP1\|year=2015\|publisher=Houghton Mifflin Harcourt\|isbn=978-0-547-66921-2\|pages=32–34}}</ref>
	Padmaja Naidu had a close relationship with the Nehru family, including with [[Jawaharlal Nehru]] and his sister, [[Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit]].<ref name="Mehta2008">{{cite book\|author=Chandralekha Mehta\|title=Freedom's Child: Growing Up During Satyagraha\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Gm9tAwAAQBAJ&pg=PT7\|date=25 August 2008\|publisher=Penguin Books Limited\|isbn=978-81-8475-966-2}}</ref> Pandit later told [[Pupul Jayakar]], [[Indira Gandhi]]'s friend and biographer, that Padmaja Naidu and Nehru lived together for many years. Nehru did not marry Padmaja because he did not want to hurt his daughter, Indira.<ref>{{cite book\|last1=Jayakar\|first1=Pupul\|title=Indira Gandhi, a biography\|date=1995\|publisher=Penguin\|location=New Delhi, India\|isbn=978-0140114621\|pages=90–92\|edition=Rev.\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gm5JGkb2rhkC&q=padmaja&pg=PR9}}</ref><ref>{{cite book\|last1=Bose\|first1=Mihir\|title=Raj, secrets, revolution : a life of Subhas Chandra Bose\|date=2004\|publisher=Grice Chapman\|location=Norwich\|isbn=9780954572648\|pages=137, 160\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4Rh7DAdsK0gC&q=naidu&pg=PA137}}</ref> However, Padmaja never married ~~hoping~~ Nehru would propose one day.<ref name="Tunzelmann2007">{{cite book\|author=Alex Von Tunzelmann\|title=Indian Summer: The Secret History of the End of an Empire\|url=https://archive.org/details/indiansummersecr00vont\|url-access=registration\|date=7 August 2007\|publisher=Henry Holt and Company\|isbn=978-0-8050-8073-5\|pages=[https://archive.org/details/indiansummersecr00vont/page/95 95], 109, 308}}</ref><ref name="Hajari2015"/>		Padmaja Naidu had a close relationship with the Nehru family, including with [[Jawaharlal Nehru]] and his sister, [[Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit]].<ref name="Mehta2008">{{cite book\|author=Chandralekha Mehta\|title=Freedom's Child: Growing Up During Satyagraha\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Gm9tAwAAQBAJ&pg=PT7\|date=25 August 2008\|publisher=Penguin Books Limited\|isbn=978-81-8475-966-2}}</ref> Pandit later told [[Pupul Jayakar]], [[Indira Gandhi]]'s friend and biographer, that Padmaja Naidu and Nehru lived together for many years. Nehru did not marry Padmaja because he did not want to hurt his daughter, Indira.<ref>{{cite book\|last1=Jayakar\|first1=Pupul\|title=Indira Gandhi, a biography\|date=1995\|publisher=Penguin\|location=New Delhi, India\|isbn=978-0140114621\|pages=90–92\|edition=Rev.\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gm5JGkb2rhkC&q=padmaja&pg=PR9}}</ref><ref>{{cite book\|last1=Bose\|first1=Mihir\|title=Raj, secrets, revolution : a life of Subhas Chandra Bose\|date=2004\|publisher=Grice Chapman\|location=Norwich\|isbn=9780954572648\|pages=137, 160\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4Rh7DAdsK0gC&q=naidu&pg=PA137}}</ref> However, Padmaja never married Nehru in the hope that he would propose one day.<ref name="Tunzelmann2007">{{cite book\|author=Alex Von Tunzelmann\|title=Indian Summer: The Secret History of the End of an Empire\|url=https://archive.org/details/indiansummersecr00vont\|url-access=registration\|date=7 August 2007\|publisher=Henry Holt and Company\|isbn=978-0-8050-8073-5\|pages=[https://archive.org/details/indiansummersecr00vont/page/95 95], 109, 308}}</ref><ref name="Hajari2015"/>
	After retiring, Padmaja lived until her death in 1975 in a bungalow on the [[Teen Murti Bhavan]] estate, Prime Minister Nehru's official residence and later a museum dedicated to his memory.<ref name="Paranjape2012"/>		After retiring, Padmaja lived until her death in 1975 in a bungalow on the [[Teen Murti Bhavan]] estate, Prime Minister Nehru's official residence and later a museum dedicated to his memory.<ref name="Paranjape2012"/>
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	==Legacy==		==Legacy==
	The [[Padmaja Naidu Himalayan Zoological Park]] in [[Darjeeling]] is named after her.		The [[Padmaja Naidu Himalayan Zoological Park]] in [[Darjeeling]] was named after her death.

	==References==		==References==

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	'''Padmaja Naidu''' (17 November 1900 – 2 May 1975) was an Indian freedom fighter and politician.		'''Padmaja Naidu''' (17 November 1900 – 2 May 1975) was an Indian freedom fighter and politician who was the 5th Governor of West Bengal from 3 November 1956 to 1 June 1967.

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	\| predecessor = [[Phani Bhusan Chakravartti]]		\| predecessor = [[Phani Bhusan Chakravartti]]
	\| successor = [[Dharma Vira]]		\| successor = [[Dharma Vira]]
			\| birth_date = 17 November 1900
			\| birth_place = [[Hyderabad]], [[Hyderabad State]], [[British India]]
			\| death_date = 2 May 1975 (aged 74)
			\| death_place = [[New Delhi]], [[India]]
	\| image =		\| image =
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'''Padmaja Naidu''' (17 November 1900 – 2 May 1975) was an Indian freedom fighter and politician.

{{Infobox Officeholder
| name = Padmaja Naidu
| office = [[List of Governors of West Bengal|5th]] [[Governor of West Bengal]]
| term_start = 3 November 1956
| term_end = 1 June 1967
| predecessor = [[Phani Bhusan Chakravartti]]
| successor = [[Dharma Vira]]
| image =
}}

==Early life==
Padmaja Naidu was born in Hyderabad to a Bengali mother and a Telugu father. Her mother was the poet and Indian freedom fighter, [[Sarojini Naidu]]. Her father Mutyala Govindrajulu Naidu was a physician.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.in.com/padmaja-naidu/biography-354750.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029191146/http://www.in.com/padmaja-naidu/biography-354750.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-10-29 |title=Biography }}</ref> She had four siblings, Jayasurya, Leelamani, Nilawar and Randheer.<ref name="Paranjape2012">{{cite book|author=Makarand R. Paranjape|title=Making India: Colonialism, National Culture, and the Afterlife of Indian English Authority|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-UjZlNCh-qwC&pg=PA164|date=3 September 2012|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media|isbn=978-94-007-4661-9|pages=164–167}}</ref>

==Political career==

At the age of 21, she co-founded the [[Indian National Congress]] in the Nizam ruled [[princely state]] of [[Hyderabad state|Hyderabad]]. She was jailed for taking part in the "[[Quit India]]" movement in 1942. After Independence, she was elected to the Indian Parliament in 1950. In 1956 she was appointed the Governor of [[West Bengal]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Padmaja Naidu Dies at 75; ExWest Bengal Governor |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1975/05/03/archives/padmaja-naidu-dies-at-75-exwest-bengal-governor.html |access-date=1 June 2018 |issue=May 3 |work=New York Times |date=1975}}</ref> She was also associated with the [[International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement|Red Cross]] and was the chair of the [[Indian Red Cross Society|Indian Red Cross]] from 1971 to 1972.<ref>{{cite book |url={{Google books |plainurl=yes |id=cwB7ebB8TK8C |page=18 }} |title=Two Alone, Two Together |first=Sonia |last=Gandhi |year=2004 |page=18 |isbn=0-14-303245-3 }}</ref>

==Personal life==

Early in her life, Padmaja was a close friend of [[Rattanbai Jinnah|Ruttie Petit]] who married [[Muhammad Ali Jinnah]], later the founder of [[Pakistan]].<ref name="Hajari2015">{{cite book|author=Nisid Hajari|title=Midnight's Furies: The Deadly Legacy of India's Partition|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bO5zCQAAQBAJ&pg=PP1|year=2015|publisher=Houghton Mifflin Harcourt|isbn=978-0-547-66921-2|pages=32–34}}</ref>
Padmaja Naidu had a close relationship with the Nehru family, including with [[Jawaharlal Nehru]] and his sister, [[Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit]].<ref name="Mehta2008">{{cite book|author=Chandralekha Mehta|title=Freedom's Child: Growing Up During Satyagraha|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Gm9tAwAAQBAJ&pg=PT7|date=25 August 2008|publisher=Penguin Books Limited|isbn=978-81-8475-966-2}}</ref> Pandit later told [[Pupul Jayakar]], [[Indira Gandhi]]'s friend and biographer, that Padmaja Naidu and Nehru lived together for many years. Nehru did not marry Padmaja because he did not want to hurt his daughter, Indira.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Jayakar|first1=Pupul|title=Indira Gandhi, a biography|date=1995|publisher=Penguin|location=New Delhi, India|isbn=978-0140114621|pages=90–92|edition=Rev.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gm5JGkb2rhkC&q=padmaja&pg=PR9}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Bose|first1=Mihir|title=Raj, secrets, revolution : a life of Subhas Chandra Bose|date=2004|publisher=Grice Chapman|location=Norwich|isbn=9780954572648|pages=137, 160|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4Rh7DAdsK0gC&q=naidu&pg=PA137}}</ref> However, Padmaja never married hoping Nehru would propose one day.<ref name="Tunzelmann2007">{{cite book|author=Alex Von Tunzelmann|title=Indian Summer: The Secret History of the End of an Empire|url=https://archive.org/details/indiansummersecr00vont|url-access=registration|date=7 August 2007|publisher=Henry Holt and Company|isbn=978-0-8050-8073-5|pages=[https://archive.org/details/indiansummersecr00vont/page/95 95], 109, 308}}</ref><ref name="Hajari2015"/>
After retiring, Padmaja lived until her death in 1975 in a bungalow on the [[Teen Murti Bhavan]] estate, Prime Minister Nehru's official residence and later a museum dedicated to his memory.<ref name="Paranjape2012"/>
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==Legacy==
The [[Padmaja Naidu Himalayan Zoological Park]] in [[Darjeeling]] is named after her.

==References==
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==Further reading==
* {{citation |first=Lucien D. |last=Benichou |title=From Autocracy to Integration: Political Developments in Hyderabad State, 1938-1948 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Loiq3YrFy40C |date=2000 |publisher=Orient Blackswan |isbn=978-81-250-1847-6 |pages=65–68 |ref={{sfnref|Benichou, Autocracy to Integration|2000}}}}

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