Editing Sarojini Naidu (section)

==Death==
[[File:Sarojini Naidu Ashes.jpg|thumb|upright|The ashes of Naidu kept at [[Golden Threshold]], Hyderabad before immersion]]

Naidu died of [[cardiac arrest]] at 3:30&nbsp;p.m. ([[Indian Standard Time|IST]]) on 2 March 1949 at the [[Raj Bhavan (Uttar Pradesh)|Government House]] in [[Lucknow]]. Upon her return from [[New Delhi]] on 15 February, she was advised to rest by her doctors, and all official engagements were canceled. Her health deteriorated substantially and [[bloodletting]] was performed on the night of 1 March after she complained of severe [headache]. She collapsed following a fit of cough. Naidu was said to have asked the nurse attending to her to sing to her at about 10:40&nbsp;p.m. (IST) which put her to sleep.<ref name="IndianExpressObit">{{Cite news |date=3 March 1949 |title=Mrs. Sarojini Naidu Passes Away |page=1 |work=The Indian Express |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=dQBFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3904%2C5941395 |access-date=8 February 2018}}</ref> She subsequently died, and her last rites were performed at the [[Gomati River]].<ref name="IndianExpressRites">{{Cite news |date=4 March 1949 |title=Last Rites of Sarojini Naidu at Lucknow |page=1 |work=The Indian Express |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=dgBFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1910%2C6038939 |access-date=8 February 2018}}</ref>