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Muthulakshmi Reddy resigns over Gandhi's arrest
· Chennai
Muthulakshmi Reddy resigned from the Madras Legislative Council in protest against the arrest of Mahatma Gandhi during civil disobedience.
Muthulakshmi Reddy had been nominated to the Madras Legislative Council in 1926 and became its deputy president. She supported the participation of women in the Civil Disobedience Movement of 1930. In 1930 she resigned as a legislator in protest against the arrest of Mahatma Gandhi. She continued her work on women's and children's welfare outside the legislature.
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