WB Governor pays rich tribute to Sister Nivedita

West Bengal Governor Keshari Nath Tripathi today paid rich tribute to Sister Nivedita on her 103rd death anniversary.
Being inspired by the teachings of Swami Vivekananda, Sister Nivedita came from Ireland to India to serve the people, Tripathi said.
Addressing a programme organised by the Gorkha Territorial Administration (GTA) on the occasion, he said it was in Darjeeling where Sister Nivedita died in 1911.
Tripathi, for whom it was the firs trip to Darjeeling as governor, was scheduled to stay in the hills till October 21.
Gorkha Janmukti Morcha chief Bimal Gurung said after Sister Nivedita's death at Roy Villa here, prominent personalities from Calcutta and other parts of the country arrived to pay their last homage to the departed soul.

"This year on 28th October which happens to be her Birth Anniversary, The GTA salutes Sister Nivedita by observing the Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan, clarion call made by Hon'ble Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi," Gurung said in his Facebook page.