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{{Short description|Indian freedom fighter and social reformer}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Sornathammal
| birth_date = {{Birth date text|1916}}
| death_date = {{Death year and age|2007|1916}}
}}
'''Sornathammal''' (1916–2007) was an Indian freedom fighter and social reformer who actively participated in the [[Indian independence movement]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-08-11 |title=வீரம் விளைந்த மதுரை மண்! சுதந்திர போராட்ட வீராங்கனை சொர்ணத்தம்மாளின் வரலாறு... |url=https://www.herzindagi.com/tamil/motherhood/independence-day-2024-history-and-struggles-of-freedom-fighter-sornathammal-of-madurai-article-298274 |access-date=2025-01-08 |website=HerZindagi |language=ta}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/The_Indian_Law_Reports/rpdDAQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Sornathammal&pg=PA196&printsec=frontcover |title=The Indian Law Reports: Containing Cases Determined by the High Court at Madras and by the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council on Appeal from that Court .... Madras series |date=1895 |publisher=Pub. under the authority of the governor-general in council ... by the superintendent, Government Press |language=en}}</ref>

== Early life and family ==
Sornathammal was born in 1916 in [[Madurai]], in the [[Madras Presidency]]. She lived in [[:ta:கடச்சனேந்தல்|Kadachanendhal]] and was an active participant in the Indian National Movement.

== Contributions to the freedom struggle ==
In 1939, she led a protest advocating for the entry of [[Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes|Scheduled Caste]] individuals into the [[Madurai Meenakshi Amman Temple]].

During the [[Quit India Movement]], on October 2, 1942, Sornathammal, along with Lakshmi Bai Ammal, organized a women's march in Madurai.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Sornathammal |url=https://amritmahotsav.nic.in/district-reopsitory-detail.htm?17773 |access-date=2024-12-22 |website=Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite news |date=2013-08-14 |title=Women of steel |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/women-of-steel/article5022187.ece |access-date=2024-12-22 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite journal |last=P |first=Dr. Balagurusamy |date=2015 |title=A Study on Woman Freedom Fighters of Dindigul Region |url=https://journal.southindianhistorycongress.org/journals/articles/2015/SIHC_2015_V35_028.pdf |journal=South Indian History Congress |volume=35}}</ref> The march featured the slogan “Vellaiyane Veliyeru” (Quit India).<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3" /> The participants were arrested and assaulted by the police. When the women refused to sign an apology letter agreeing to abstain from future protests, they were stripped and abandoned near [[Alagar Kovil|Alagarkoil]] during the night.<ref name=":1" /> Despite this incident, Sornathammal continued her participation in nationalist activities.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2011-01-10 |title=The league of extraordinary women |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/history-and-culture/The-league-of-extraordinary-women/article15514357.ece |access-date=2024-12-22 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

Later in 1942, she participated in Individual [[Satyagraha]] and was imprisoned for three months.<ref name=":2" /> During her imprisonment, she engaged in spinning khadi, reflecting her commitment to [[Gandhism|Gandhian]] principles of self-reliance and nonviolent resistance.<ref name=":1" />

== Death ==
Sornathammal died in 2007.{{Citation needed|date=January 2025}}

== References ==
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[[Category:Women Indian independence activists]]
[[Category:Indian independence activists from Tamil Nadu]]
[[Category:1916 births]]
[[Category:2007 deaths]]

Sornathammal - Revision history

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