Kolkata, Oct 28 (UNI) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday paid
rich tributes to Sister Nivedita, social activist and educationist, on her birth anniversary.
Taking to her twitter handle, Ms Banerjee said, " Tribute to Sister Nivedita,social activist
& educationist,on her birth anniversary. "
" She believed that service to mankind is the true service to God. She played a significant
role in the education of girls & took care of the poor during the plague epidemic in Calcutta
in 1899, " she added.
" The house of Sister Nivedita in Bagbazar, Kolkata, and 'Roy Villa' in Darjeeling, where
she breathed her last, were renovated by #GoWB and handed over to Ramakrishna
Mission," the Chief Minister informed.
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