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Ammu Swaminathan, the social worker and freedom fighter from Kerala, was elected to the Constituent Assembly in 1946 from which constituency?

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Answer: Option D — Madras

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Ammu Swaminathan was elected to the Constituent Assembly in 1946 from the Madras constituency (the Madras Presidency).

About Ammu Swaminathan:

  • She was born on 22 April 1894 at Anakkara, in the Palakkad district of present-day Kerala, into an aristocratic Nair family.
  • She had little formal education, as was common for girls at that time.

She married Dr. Subbarama Swaminathan, a lawyer of Madras, who encouraged her to study and take part in public life.

She learnt English and became an active social worker.

Social and political work:

  • She was one of the founders of the Women's India Association in Madras (1917), along with Annie Besant, Margaret Cousins and others.
  • She campaigned for women's rights, education, and the abolition of child marriage and caste discrimination.
  • She joined the freedom struggle under Gandhi, and was imprisoned in 1942 during the Quit India Movement.

In the Constituent Assembly:

She spoke in favour of equal rights for women and against discrimination based on caste.

In the debate on the adoption of the Constitution, she said that outsiders had claimed India did not give equal rights to its women, but now Indians could say that they themselves had framed a constitution that gave women equal rights with men.

After Independence:

  • She was elected to the first Lok Sabha (1952) from Dindigul, and later to the Rajya Sabha (1954).
  • She was associated with the Bharat Scouts and Guides, the Federation of Film Societies, and other organisations.
  • She died on 4 July 1978.

Her family:

Her children became famous in different fields:

  • Captain Lakshmi Sahgal, who commanded the Rani of Jhansi Regiment of the INA.
  • Mrinalini Sarabhai, the famous dancer, who married the scientist Vikram Sarabhai.
  • Govind Swaminathan, a well-known lawyer.

Why not the other options?

  • ✗Travancore and Cochin were princely states with their own representatives; Bombay was a different province.

Quick tip

Remember: Ammu Swaminathan = elected to the Constituent Assembly from Madras (1946); mother of Captain Lakshmi Sahgal and Mrinalini Sarabhai.

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