Sathyavani Muthu (15 February 1923 – 11 November 1999) was an Indian politician and influential leader from Chennai, Tamil Nadu. She was a

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member and Union Minister. She began her political career as a member of

Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (; ; DMK) is an Indian political party based in the state of Tamil Nadu, where it is currently the ruling party, and the union territory of Puducherry (union territory), Puducherry, where it is currently the main ...

, began her own party, Thazhthapattor Munnetra Kazhagam and later joined the

Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam The All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (; AIADMK, also abbreviated as ADMK), also shortened to Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, is an Indian regional political party with great influence in the state of Tamil Nadu and the union territory ...

. In late 1980s, she again joined in DMK.

Member of Legislative assembly

She was a member of

(DMK) since its beginning in 1949. In 1953, she was arrested for leading the DMK's protests against the Kula Kalvi Thittam. During 1959-58, she was the propaganda secretary of the party. She also served as the editor of the magazine ''Annai'' (lit. mother) She contested assembly elections from Perambur and Ulundurpet constituencies in all assembly elections between 1957 and 1977 and 1984. She won three times from Perambur constituency as an

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candidate in

1957 Events January * January 1 – The Saarland joins West Germany. * January 3 – Hamilton Watch Company introduces the first electric watch. * January 5 – South African player Russell Endean becomes the first batsman to be Dismissal (cricke ...

election, as a

candidate in

1967 Events January * January 1 – Canada begins a year-long celebration of the 100th anniversary of Canadian Confederation, Confederation, featuring the Expo 67 World's Fair. * January 6 – Vietnam War: United States Marine Corps and Army of ...

, and

1971 * The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses (Solar eclipse of February 25, 1971, February 25, Solar eclipse of July 22, 1971, July 22 and Solar eclipse of August 20, 1971, August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 1971 lunar eclip ...

elections. She lost the

1962 The year saw the Cuban Missile Crisis, which is often considered the closest the world came to a Nuclear warfare, nuclear confrontation during the Cold War. Events January * January 1 – Samoa, Western Samoa becomes independent from Ne ...

election from Perambur and

1977 Events January * January 8 – 1977 Moscow bombings, Three bombs explode in Moscow within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenian separatist group. * January 10 – Mount Nyiragongo erupts in eastern Zaire (no ...

election from Ulundurpet constituency.

Electoral history

Tamil Nadu minister

She served as a minister for Harijan welfare and Information during

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administration in Tamil Nadu from 1967 to 1969. She again served as a Harijan welfare minister in M. Karunanidhi administration till 1974.

Thazhthapattor Munnetra Kazhagam

She resigned her ministerial position in 1974 and left Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam. She claimed that Harijans are not treated well by DMK since the death of

and the new leader M. Karunanidhi was prejudiced against harijans. She said She formed Thazhthapattor Munnetra Kazhagam. The party was merged with Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam after it came to power winning the

election.

Union minister

She served as a Rajya Sabha member as the

All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam The All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (; AIADMK, also abbreviated as ADMK), also shortened to Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, is an Indian Regionalism (politics), regional political party with great influence in the Federated state, sta ...

representative from 3 April 1978 to 2 April 1984. She served as a Union Minister in Chaudhary Charan Singh ministry from 19 August 1979 to 23 December 1979. She along with A. Bala Pajanor were the first two non-Congress

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and first regional party member Tamil Nadu politicians to serve in Union ministry.

Book

Sathyavani Muthu penned her struggles in the book titled ''My Agitations'', which was first released in 1982 by The Justice Press in Madras.

References

External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Muthu, Satyavani 1923 births 1999 deaths Women members of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Madras MLAs 1957–1962 Tamil Nadu MLAs 1967–1971 Tamil Nadu MLAs 1971–1976 Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam politicians Union ministers from Tamil Nadu 20th-century Indian women politicians Women state cabinet ministers of India Women union ministers of India