Q. In which year A.V. Kuttimalu Amma was elected to the Madras Legislative Assembly for the first time ?
Solution:
- A.V. Kuttimalu Amma (1905-1985) began her public life as an active Khadi and Swadeshi worker in 1930.
- She was also known as a Campaigner of Swadeshi Movement.
- She led groups of women in the picketing of foreign cloth-shops in Kozhikode in the year 1931.
- In 1936, she was elected to the Madras Assembly.
- During Quit India Movement, she was detained for two years in the presidency jail for women.
- After her release in 1944, she took up the task of organizing congress in Malabar and became KPCC President for a term.
- She had also served as a member of AICC and the congress working committee.
- In 1946, she was again elected as a member of Madras legislative assembly.
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