Editing Sarojini Naidu (section)

=== Nonviolent resistance ===
Naidu formed close ties with Gandhi, [[Gopal Krishna Gokhale]], [[Rabindranath Tagore]] and [[Sarala Devi Chaudhurani]].<ref name="Raman2006" /> After 1917, she joined Gandhi's ''[[satyagraha]]'' movement of nonviolent resistance against British rule.<ref name="Raman2006" /> Naidu went to London in 1919 as a part of the [[All India Home Rule League]] as a part of her continued efforts to advocate for independence from British rule.<ref name="EGS" /> The next year, she participated in the [[Non-cooperation movement (1909–22)|non-cooperation movement]] in India.<ref name="Raman2006" />

[[File:Mahatma & Sarojini Naidu 1930.JPG|thumb|left|Naidu with [[Mahatma Gandhi]] during [[Salt Satyagraha]], 1930]]
In 1924, Naidu represented the Indian National Congress at the [[East African Indian National Congress]].<ref name="EGS" /> In 1925, Naidu was the first Indian female president of the Indian National Congress.<ref name="Raman2006" /> In 1927, Naidu was a founding member of the [[All India Women's Conference]].<ref name="Raman2006" /> In 1928, she travelled in the United States to promote nonviolent resistance.<ref name="EGS" /> Naidu also presided over East African and Indian Congress' 1929 session in South Africa.{{citation needed|date=October 2021}}

In 1930, Gandhi initially did not want to permit women to join the [[Salt March]], because it would be physically demanding with a high risk of arrest.<ref name="Raman2006" /> Naidu and other female activists, including [[Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay]] and [[Khurshed Naoroji]], persuaded him otherwise, and joined the march.<ref name="Raman2006" /> When Gandhi was arrested on 6 April 1930, he appointed Naidu as the new leader of the campaign.<ref name="Shekhani2017" />

The Indian National Congress decided to stay away from the [[First Round Table Conference]] that took place in London owing to the arrests.{{citation needed|date=October 2021}} In 1931, however, Naidu and other leaders of the Congress Party participated in the [[Second Round Table Conference]] headed by [[Viceroy of India|Viceroy]] [[Lord Irwin]] in the wake of the [[Gandhi-Irwin pact]].{{citation needed|date=October 2021}} Naidu was jailed by the British in 1932.<ref name="Raman2006" />

The British jailed Naidu again in 1942 for her participation in the [[Quit India Movement]].<ref name="Raman2006" /> She was imprisoned for 21 months.<ref name="EGS" />

[[File:Sarojini Naidu plants a tree in Mehrauli, Delhi.jpg|thumb|Naidu plants a tree in Mehrauli, Delhi, 1947]]