Remembering Dr T.S. Soundaram daughter of T.V. Sundaram Iyengar, founder of TVS on her birth anniversary.
Actually, She should be represented as women & social reformer icon by Tamil Nadu, not E.V Ramasamy..!
Here's why..?
- Lost her husband at the age of 12. Freedom fighter Subramani Siva motivated & asked her to study further. She went to Delhi and got her doctorate at the age of 32.
- She threw herself wholeheartedly into the freedom struggle & met Gandhi Ji & involved in Quit India movement👇
- She met Harijan movement activist G Ramachandran and both decided to marry. But her parents didn’t accepted that, since she’s a widow, inter caste issue and he’s Keralite. She didn’t give up, convinced her parents with the support of Gandhi Ji
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- Gandhi Ji made her south representative of Kasturba Gandhi trust.
- She opens a free hospital for poor people in Madurai
- The founder of Gandhigram Rural Institute deemed university in Dindigul
- She became MLA from Athoor & brought the ”women's marriage age is 18” law.
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- She became MP & Union Deputy Minister of education, she brought compulsory free primary education throughout India.
- She also helped to start the NSS.
- She was awarded Padma Bhushan for her contribution towards social work.
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