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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
{{COI|date=July 2017}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2015}}
{{Use Indian English|date=December 2015}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Sudha Sundararaman
| image = Sudha SundararamanDSC 0305.jpg
| caption = Sudha Sundararaman
| birth_date = 1958
| birth_place =
| residence =
| death_date =
| death_place =
| constituency =
| office = General Secretary, [[All India Democratic Women's Association]]
| term =
| predecessor =
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| party = [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
| religion =
| website =
| footnotes =
| date = 27 January |
| year = 2007 |
| source = http://aidwaonline.org/
}}

'''Sudha Sundararaman''' (born 1958) is an Indian politician and the central committee member of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]].<ref>{{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}}</ref> As of 2014, she is the "General Secretary" of [[All India Democratic Women's Association]].<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref name=WFS>{{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}}{{subscription required|via=Highbeam}}</ref>

==Biography==
Sudha became interested in the "Student's Federation of India", a student wing Communist Party of India (Marxist), while she was a student of English literature at [[Ethiraj College for Women]], [[Chennai]].<ref name=WFS /> After her graduation, she completed a Master of Philosophy and started her career as a school teacher. Sudha married one of her friends. During this time, she involved herself in activities such as saving women victims [[Violence against women in Tamil Nadu|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, Sudha was appointed the General Secretary of AIDWA Tamil Nadu and continued to hold the position till 2001.<ref name=WFS />

Sudha Sundararaman challenged the opposition to passing the Women's Reservation Bill which demand 33 per cent women participation.<ref>[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]</ref>

== References ==
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==External links==
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[[Category:Indian women activists]]
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[[Category:Indian women's rights activists]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian politicians]]
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[[Category:Activists from Tamil Nadu]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian women politicians]]
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