Sister Nivedita
INDIAN ETHOS & VALUES BIOGRAPHICAL STUDY – SISTER NIVEDITA
Sister Nivedita
Personal Life: Margaret Elizabeth Nobel who is familiarly known as “Sister Nivedita” was born on October, 1867 in Ireland. Her parents are Samuel Richmond Noble and Mary Isabel Noble. Her grandfather, Mr. John Noble, was a priest in a church had brought her up by providing her the feelings of bravery and patriotism since Ireland was fighting for its freedom at that time since she lost her father when she was ten years old. Then she was brought up by her maternal grandparents. She looked so beautiful and also had the compassion to the sufferings and a great concern for the misfortunes of others. She finished her college in London and she started her career as a teacher at the age of seventeen. She was interested in teaching and considered it as a challenge of teaching to children in a different way. She used to write in many periodicals and articles and sooner she became a renowned teacher. And once she was in love with a person named Welsh and they got engaged. But sooner, Mr. Welsh got ill seriously and he died within few months. To recover from it, Margaret studied many books and went for many religious events and she turned her life into a different direction.
Value system of Sister Nivedita: Being as a common young girl, she was very much pleased to serve for the poor and she has a strong belief in God and this made her to take part in many religious events which would turn her life in a different aspect. Once in her childhood, one of her father’s friends came to their home and he informed her that India was in need of service and if time comes, she could also go there and serve the country. She believed that and kept that message in her heart for years and waited for the right time to serve India and its people. In 1895, she came to know the miserable status of India thro Swami Vivekananda in a religious meeting. Swami Vivekananda had a strong
Sister Nivedita
Personal Life: Margaret Elizabeth Nobel who is familiarly known as “Sister Nivedita” was born on October, 1867 in Ireland. Her parents are Samuel Richmond Noble and Mary Isabel Noble. Her grandfather, Mr. John Noble, was a priest in a church had brought her up by providing her the feelings of bravery and patriotism since Ireland was fighting for its freedom at that time since she lost her father when she was ten years old. Then she was brought up by her maternal grandparents. She looked so beautiful and also had the compassion to the sufferings and a great concern for the misfortunes of others. She finished her college in London and she started her career as a teacher at the age of seventeen. She was interested in teaching and considered it as a challenge of teaching to children in a different way. She used to write in many periodicals and articles and sooner she became a renowned teacher. And once she was in love with a person named Welsh and they got engaged. But sooner, Mr. Welsh got ill seriously and he died within few months. To recover from it, Margaret studied many books and went for many religious events and she turned her life into a different direction.
Value system of Sister Nivedita: Being as a common young girl, she was very much pleased to serve for the poor and she has a strong belief in God and this made her to take part in many religious events which would turn her life in a different aspect. Once in her childhood, one of her father’s friends came to their home and he informed her that India was in need of service and if time comes, she could also go there and serve the country. She believed that and kept that message in her heart for years and waited for the right time to serve India and its people. In 1895, she came to know the miserable status of India thro Swami Vivekananda in a religious meeting. Swami Vivekananda had a strong
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