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'''Dakshayani Velayudhan''' (4 July 1912 – 20 July 1978) was an [[Indian people|Indian]] [[Member of Parliament|parliament]]arian and leader of the [[Depressed class|Oppressed | '''Dakshayani Velayudhan''' (4 July 1912 – 20 July 1978) was an [[Indian people|Indian]] [[Member of Parliament|parliament]]arian and leader of the [[Depressed class|Oppressed classes]]. Belonging to the [[Pulayar|Pulayar community]], she was among the first generation of people to be educated from the community. She holds several distinctions including becoming the first woman from her community to wear an [[Upper cloth controversy|upper cloth]], the first Scheduled Caste woman graduate in India, a science graduate, a member of the [[Cochin Legislative Council]] and of being one of nine female members of the [[Constituent Assembly of India]].<ref name="books.google">{{cite book|last=Kshirsagar|first=R K|title=Dalit Movement in India and Its Leaders, 1857-1956|year=1994|publisher=MD Publications|location=New Delhi|page=363|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Wx218EFVU8MC&q=dakshayani+velayudhan&pg=PA363|isbn=9788185880433}}</ref><ref name="readperiodicals">{{cite web|title=India: Meera Velayudhan: New Challenges, but Dreams Persist..|url=http://www.readperiodicals.com/201206/2696560501.html|publisher=Women's Feature Service|accessdate=1 March 2013}}</ref> But it is not correct to mention that she was one of the first women from her community to wear an upper cloth. Her elder sister and her mother Thayyithara Maani may be given this credit prior to her. Mother Maani lived up to the post independent period in India and died in 1959. | ||
Honouring Dakshayani Velayudhan, the first and only Dalit woman MLA, the [[Kerala government]] has constituted the ‘[[Dakshayani Velayudhan Award]]’ which will be given to women who contributed in empowering other women in the state. The budget earmarked Rs 2 crore for the award.<ref>[http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/2019/feb/01/kerala-government-allocates-rs-2-crore-for-dakshayani-velayudhan-award--1932754.html Dakshayani Velayudhan Award]</ref> This was announced by the Kerala Finance Minister Dr. [[Thomas Isaac]] during the presentation of Kerala Budget 2019 in the Legislative Assembly on 31 January 2019.<ref>[https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/kerala-budget-2019-highlights/article26137213.ece Kerala Budget 2019: Highlights]</ref> | Honouring Dakshayani Velayudhan, the first and only Dalit woman MLA, the [[Kerala government]] has constituted the ‘[[Dakshayani Velayudhan Award]]’ which will be given to women who contributed in empowering other women in the state. The budget earmarked Rs 2 crore for the award.<ref>[http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/2019/feb/01/kerala-government-allocates-rs-2-crore-for-dakshayani-velayudhan-award--1932754.html Dakshayani Velayudhan Award]</ref> This was announced by the Kerala Finance Minister Dr. [[Thomas Isaac]] during the presentation of Kerala Budget 2019 in the Legislative Assembly on 31 January 2019.<ref>[https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/kerala-budget-2019-highlights/article26137213.ece Kerala Budget 2019: Highlights]</ref> | ||
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== Parliamentary career == | == Parliamentary career == | ||
In 1945 Dakshayani was nominated to the Cochin Legislative Council by the government of the State. | In 1945 Dakshayani was nominated to the Cochin Legislative Council by the government of the State. | ||
=== Participation in the Constituent Assembly === | === Participation in the Constituent Assembly === | ||
Velayudhan was elected to the Constituent Assembly of India by the Council in 1946. She was the first and only Scheduled Caste woman to be elected to the constituent assembly. From 1946-1952 she served as a member of the Constituent Assembly and the [[Parliament of India|Provisional Parliament of India.]] In Parliament she took special interest in the matters of education especially that of the [[Scheduled Castes]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Kumar|first=Ravindra|title=Selected Works Of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad : Volume 7|year=1992|publisher=Atlantic Publishers|location=New Delhi|pages=49–51|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3apnRVmSIiYC&q=dakshayani+velayudhan&pg=PA50}}</ref> | Velayudhan was elected to the Constituent Assembly of India by the Council in 1946. She was the first and only Scheduled Caste woman to be elected to the constituent assembly. From 1946-1952 she served as a member of the Constituent Assembly and the [[Parliament of India|Provisional Parliament of India.]] In Parliament she took special interest in the matters of education especially that of the [[Scheduled Castes]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Kumar|first=Ravindra|title=Selected Works Of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad : Volume 7|year=1992|publisher=Atlantic Publishers|location=New Delhi|pages=49–51|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3apnRVmSIiYC&q=dakshayani+velayudhan&pg=PA50}}</ref> | ||
==== Interventions in the Constituent Assembly ==== | ==== Interventions in the Constituent Assembly ==== | ||