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In 1914, when she was twenty-eight years of age, they married in accordance with the 1872 Native Marriage Act. [13] After marriage, Muthulakshmi took her husband's surname Reddy. Popular Tamil actor Gemini Ganesan is the son of Muthulakshmi's brother Ramasamy.
In 1930, she supported Muthulakshmi Reddi's failed attempt to abolish the Devadasi system in the Presidency through legislation. [citation needed] In 1936, she authored a novel Dasigalin Mosavalai alladhu madhi pettra minor (lit. The Dasis' Web of Deceit, or The Playboy Grown Wise) which exposed the plight of the Devadasis. [citation needed]
Muthulakshmi Reddi proposed the bill to the Madras Legislative Council as early as 1930 but was passed on only during the Premiership of O. P. Ramaswamy Reddiyar (a.k.a. Omandur Reddy's Congress led government) on 9 October 1947. [5]
This resolution cleared the way for Dr. Muthulakshmi Reddi's nomination to the council in 1926, when she became the first woman to become a member of any legislature in India. [19] The Mid-day Meal Scheme , was first introduced in 1920 by the Madras Corporation with the approval of the legislative council, as a breakfast scheme in a corporation ...
Dr. Muthulakshmi proposed the resolution at the Madras Legislature that the Devadasi system should be abolished. The Government wanted comments on that from all important people. Periyar in his statement pointed out that the Devadasi system was a disgrace to Hindu religion. The fact that, in the name of a temple or a god, some women are kept as ...
The All India Women's Conference (AIWC) was founded in 1927 in Pune in order to promote women and children's education and social welfare. [1] [2] [3] Margaret Cousins had called for the creation of an organisation as early as late 1925 by writing to other women's groups and to friends to come together to discuss education for women. [4]
Ramya Raghupathi, niece of Raghuveera Reddy, cousin of Aadarsh Balakrishna, Prashanth Neel, and Sriimurali's wife Vidya (see Rajkumar family) Pavithra Lokesh , actress, daughter of Mysore Lokesh , ex-wife of V. Suchendra Prasad , Naresh's fiancée and soon-to-be 4th wife (see Lokesh family )
Supriyo a.k.a Supriya Chakraborty & Abhay Dang v. Union of India thr. Its Secretary, Ministry of Law and Justice & other connected cases (2023) are a collection of landmark cases of the Supreme Court of India, which were filed to consider whether to extend right to marry and establish a family to sexual and gender minority individuals in India. [4]