Rukmini Lakshmipathi

 

Rukmini Lakshmipathi

·       Rukmini Laxmipathi (also spelled as Rukmani Lakshmipathi, (6 December 1892 – 6 August 1951) was an Indian independence activist and politician belonging to the Indian National Congress.

·       She was the first woman to be elected to the Madras Legislature and the first to serve as a minister in the Madras Presidency.


Biography:


·       Rukmini was born in Madras in an agriculturist family.

·       In 1923, she joined the Congress. In 1926, she attended the International Women's Suffrage Alliance Congress at Paris as the Indian representative.[3]

·       For her participation (in 1930) in the Salt Satyagraha in Vedaranyam she was jailed for a year, becoming the first female prisoner in the Salt Satyagraha movement.

·       She contested and won a by election to the Madras Legislative Council in 1934.

·       She was elected to the Madras Presidency Legislative Assembly in the 1937 elections.

·       On 15 July 1937 she was elected as the Deputy Speaker of the assembly.

·       During 1 May 1946 – 23 March 1947, she was the Minister for Public Health of the presidency in the T. Prakasam cabinet.

·       She was the first (and only) woman minister of the presidency.

·       Marshall's road in Egmore, Chennai has been renamed after her.[10] In her memory, a postage stamp was issued in 1997.




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