Ammu swaminathan biography of mahatma gandhi
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Ammu Swaminathan
Indian politician
Ammu Swaminathan or A. V. Ammakuti[1] (22 April 1894 – 4 July 1978) was an Indian social worker and political activist during the Indian independence movement and a member of the Constituent Assembly of India.
Ammu swaminathan biography of mahatma gandhi
Early life
Ammukutty Swaminadhan was born into the Vadakkath family of Anakkara in Ponnani taluk, Kerala. Her father, Govinda Menon, was a minor local official. Both of Ammu's parents belonged to the Nair caste, and she was the youngest of their thirteen children, which included nine daughters.
Ammu never went to school and received only a rudimentary education at home, which consisted of minimal reading and writing in Malayalam, cooking and keeping house, to prepare her for married life. She lost her father at a very young age, and her mother struggled to raise her children and arrange marriages for her many daughters.
Resultantly, when Ammu was 13, her mother arranged an alliance for her which conformed to the Samband