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There were many unsung heroes in the independence movement.
Here are some Women of Steel - India (tamilnadu) will be ever grateful for their sacrifice (or should). Ambujammal, Sornathammal, Padmavathy Asher, Padmasani Ammal, Manjubhashini.
Ambujammal
As the daughter of advocate Srinivasa Iyengar, Ambujammal led a privileged life. But she gave up all material comforts because of one man — Gandhiji. Born in 1898, Ambujammal became his follower ever since she met him when he came to Madras in the 1920s.
Sornathammal
There was something terrible in store for Sornathammal on the night of October 2, 1942 (quit India).The women were arrested by the police and beaten.
Padmavathy Asher
Gandhiji invited Padmavathy to join the Congress. Thus began her journey with the Freedom Movement. She went on to become an All India Congress Committee member and the treasurer of the All India Mahila Congress. Padmavathy first courted arrest in 1930 for participating in the Salt Satyagraha Movement. She was later jailed for a year for taking part in the Civil Disobedience Movement. Padmavathy fought against untouchability and alcoholism, and spread Gandhiji’s message and helped propagate the Khadi Movement among the people in Tirupur.
Padmasani Ammal
Padmasani Ammal delivered a baby girl in the village of Papparapatti, Dharmapuri District, when she was participating in a Cauvery yatra. Known for her fiery speeches, Padmasani sent off her husband with a garland and tilak when he went to prison for picketing toddy shops. She set up a school at Manamadurai for the less-privileged in 1935, on the insistence of Gandhiji.
Manjubhashini
Manjubhashini fell in love with Gandhiji’s principles as a young girl. She shook off the comforts of a wealthy life to join his fight for freedom. She burned foreign goods on Thambu Chetty Street in the city with Durgabai Deshmukh, rehabilitated Indians forced out of Burma in a camp in Madras in the early 1940s. Manjubhashini worked meticulously to create a home for abandoned children in the city. Called Bala Mandir, she got it registered with the encouragement of K. Kamaraj in 1949. Even today, the home runs successfully in T. Nagar.
The_Hindu
It is these dedicated lives
that have earned for us the garland of freedom...wish we could shake off
our sloth, slumber and wanton senility and awaken to make our heads
worthy of those flowers.
from: Rafique Ahmed
Here are some Women of Steel - India (tamilnadu) will be ever grateful for their sacrifice (or should). Ambujammal, Sornathammal, Padmavathy Asher, Padmasani Ammal, Manjubhashini.
Ambujammal
As the daughter of advocate Srinivasa Iyengar, Ambujammal led a privileged life. But she gave up all material comforts because of one man — Gandhiji. Born in 1898, Ambujammal became his follower ever since she met him when he came to Madras in the 1920s.
Sornathammal
There was something terrible in store for Sornathammal on the night of October 2, 1942 (quit India).The women were arrested by the police and beaten.
Padmavathy Asher
Gandhiji invited Padmavathy to join the Congress. Thus began her journey with the Freedom Movement. She went on to become an All India Congress Committee member and the treasurer of the All India Mahila Congress. Padmavathy first courted arrest in 1930 for participating in the Salt Satyagraha Movement. She was later jailed for a year for taking part in the Civil Disobedience Movement. Padmavathy fought against untouchability and alcoholism, and spread Gandhiji’s message and helped propagate the Khadi Movement among the people in Tirupur.
Padmasani Ammal
Padmasani Ammal delivered a baby girl in the village of Papparapatti, Dharmapuri District, when she was participating in a Cauvery yatra. Known for her fiery speeches, Padmasani sent off her husband with a garland and tilak when he went to prison for picketing toddy shops. She set up a school at Manamadurai for the less-privileged in 1935, on the insistence of Gandhiji.
Manjubhashini
Manjubhashini fell in love with Gandhiji’s principles as a young girl. She shook off the comforts of a wealthy life to join his fight for freedom. She burned foreign goods on Thambu Chetty Street in the city with Durgabai Deshmukh, rehabilitated Indians forced out of Burma in a camp in Madras in the early 1940s. Manjubhashini worked meticulously to create a home for abandoned children in the city. Called Bala Mandir, she got it registered with the encouragement of K. Kamaraj in 1949. Even today, the home runs successfully in T. Nagar.
The_Hindu
It is these dedicated lives
that have earned for us the garland of freedom...wish we could shake off
our sloth, slumber and wanton senility and awaken to make our heads
worthy of those flowers.
from: Rafique Ahmed
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