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Dakshayani Velayudhan
Members of the Constituent Assembly
In office November 1946 – 25 January 1950
Personal details
Born
4 July 1912 Mulavukad, Ernakulam, Kerala
Died
20 July 1978 (1978-07-21) (aged 66)
Spouse
R. Velayudhan
Children
Dr. Reghu, Prahladan, Dhruvan, Bhagirath and Meera Velayudhan
Parent
Kunjan (father)
Education
Teachers' training course, Madras University
Occupation
Social reformer, worked as an L2 teacher
Dakshayani Velayudhan (4 July 1912 – 20 July 1978) was an Indian politician and leader of the oppressed classes. Belonging to the Pulayar community, she was among the first generation of[1] people to be educated from the community. She holds several distinctions including becoming the first woman from her community to wear an upper cloth, the first Scheduled Caste woman graduate in India, a science graduate, a member of the Cochin Legislative Council and of being one of nine female members of the Constituent Assembly of India.[2][3] But it is not correct to mention that she was one of the first women from her community to wear an upper cloth. Her elder sister and her mother Thayyithara Maani may be given this credit prior to her.[4] Mother Maani lived up to the post independent period in India and died in 1959.
Honouring Dakshayani Velayudhan, the first and only Dalit woman MLA, the Kerala government has constituted the ‘Dakshayani Velayudhan Award’ which will be given to women who contributed in empowering other women in the state. The budget earmarked Rs 2 crore for the award.[5] This was announced by the Kerala Finance Minister Dr. Thomas Isaac during the presentation of Kerala Budget 2019 in the Legislative Assembly on 31 January 2019.[6]
^"Constitution of India". www.constitutionofindia.net. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
^Kshirsagar, R K (1994). Dalit Movement in India and Its Leaders, 1857-1956. New Delhi: MD Publications. p. 363. ISBN 9788185880433.
^"India: Meera Velayudhan: New Challenges, but Dreams Persist." Women's Feature Service. Retrieved 1 March 2013.
^"Constitution of India". www.constitutionofindia.net. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
^"Dakshayani Velayudhan Award". Archived from the original on 26 September 2021. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
^Kerala Budget 2019: Highlights
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