Sudha Sundararaman
{{Short description|Indian politician (born 1958)}}
{{COI|date=July 2017}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2015}}
{{Use Indian English|date=December 2015}}
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| name = Sudha Sundararaman
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| caption = Sudha Sundararaman
| birth_date = 1958
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| office = General Secretary, All India Democratic Women's Association
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| party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
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| date = 27 January |
| year = 2007 |
| source = http://aidwaonline.org/
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Sudha Sundararaman (born 1958) is an Indian politician and the central committee member of Communist Party of India (Marxist).{{cite news|title=CPI(M) meet against communalism and terrorism|url=http://www.hindu.com/2008/11/15/stories/2008111553270300.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140315083652/http://www.hindu.com/2008/11/15/stories/2008111553270300.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=15 March 2014|accessdate=15 March 2014|newspaper=The Hindu|date=15 November 2008}} As of 2014, she is the general secretary of All India Democratic Women's Association.{{cite news|title=UPA diluting women's protection laws|url=http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/thscrip/print.pl?file=2011062863010600.htm&date=2011/06/28/&prd=th&|accessdate=15 March 2014|newspaper=The Hindu|date=28 June 2011}}{{Cite journal|author=Ambujam Anantharaman|title=India: New Woman on the Top|journal=Women's Feature Service|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-816135031.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140611091319/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-816135031.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=11 June 2014|accessdate=15 March 2014|date=20 December 2004|via=Highbeam}}
Biography
Sundararaman became interested in the Students' Federation of India, a student wing of Communist Party of India (Marxist), while she was a student of English literature at Ethiraj College for Women, Chennai. After her graduation, she completed a Master of Philosophy and started her career as a school teacher. Sundararaman married one of her friends. During this time, she involved herself in activities such as saving women victims from violence against them. Following that, she quit her teaching job and joined All India Democratic Women's Association (AIDWA), the women's wing of the Communist Party of India (Marxist). In 1995, Sundararaman was appointed the general secretary of AIDWA Tamil Nadu and continued to hold the position till 2001.
Sundararaman challenged the opposition to passing the Women's Reservation Bill which proposes to amend the Constitution of India to reserve 1/3 of all seats in the lower house of Parliament of India and in all state legislative assemblies for women.[http://profit.ndtv.com/news/corporates/article-womens-day-india-ranks-105th-in-world-in-terms-of-women-participation-in-politics-299270 Sudha Sundararaman on India's Women's Reservation Bill]
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Category:Communist Party of India (Marxist) politicians from Tamil Nadu
Category:Indian women activists
Category:Politicians from Chennai
Category:Women in Tamil Nadu politics
Category:Indian women's rights activists
Category:20th-century Indian politicians
Category:20th-century Indian women politicians
Category:Activists from Tamil Nadu