Thottakkattu Madhaviamma

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Thottakkattu Madhavi Amma was one of the founding members of the first (1925) legislative council of the erstwhile state of Kochi (also known as Cochin), in India. She was the daughter of Diwan Peshkar of Cochin and the poet Thottakattu Ikkavamma.[1] Madhavi Amma was the first woman to be an elected member of any legislature in India.[2]

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  • Thatvachinda

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ "Bharatha Kesari Mannath Padmanabhan". 13 February 2008. Archived from the original on 13 February 2008. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
  2. ^ History of Kochi Archived 3 May 2006 at the Wayback Machine