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| office = Member of the [[Madras Legislative Assembly]] for [[Sulur (state assembly constituency)|Sulur]]<br />
| term_start = 1957<br />
| term_end = 1967<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1924|6|10}}<br />
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| party = [[Indian National Congress]]<br />
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'''C. Kolandai Ammal''' (born 10 June 1924) is an Indian educator, writer, broadcaster and politician of the [[Indian National Congress]] in [[Tamil Nadu]]. She served two terms in the [[Madras Legislative Assembly]] (1957–67).<br />
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==Early life==<br />
Ammal was born on 10 June 1924 and attended the Sarvajana High School. Later she graduated from [[Annamalai University]], Annamalainagar.<ref name="WW">{{cite book|title=Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly—Who's Who 1957|date=1957|publisher=[[Government of Tamil Nadu]]|location=Chennai, Tamil Nadu|pages=187–88|url=http://www.assembly.tn.gov.in/archive/2nd_1957/whoiswho_1957.pdf|accessdate=30 November 2017}}</ref><br />
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==Career==<br />
Ammal joined the [[Indian National Congress]] (INC) party in 1951. She was a lecturer of [[Tamil language]] at the [[Nirmala College for Women|Nirmala College]], Coimbatore and Santhalinga Swamigal Tamil College. She had written a book ''Aram Valartha Mangaiar'' beside being a regular broadcaster for the [[All India Radio]].<ref name="WW" /><br />
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The INC made Ammal its candidate for [[Sulur (state assembly constituency)|Sulur constituency]] during the [[1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election]]. She defeated the [[Communist Party of India]] (CPI) candidate to enter the legislative assembly.<ref>{{cite web|title=Statistical Report on the General Election, 1957 to the Legislative Assembly of Madras|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1957/StatRep_Madras_1957.pdf|publisher=[[Election Commission of India]]|accessdate=30 November 2017|page=178}}</ref> She was re-elected in the following election (1962), again defeating a politician from CPI.<ref>{{cite web|title=Statistical Report on the General Election, 1962 to the Legislative Assembly of Madras|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1962/StatRep_Madras_1962.pdf|publisher=[[Election Commission of India]]|accessdate=30 November 2017}}</ref> In the 1967 election she stood from [[Modakkurichi]] but lost to [[Swatantra Party]]'s [[K. R. Nallasivam]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Statistical Report on the General Election, 1967 to the Legislative Assembly of Madras|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1967/Statistical%20Report%20Madras%201967.pdf|publisher=[[Election Commission of India]]|accessdate=30 November 2017}}</ref> As a member of the assembly she advocated for population control, welfare of [[scheduled castes]], farmers and women.<ref>{{cite web|title=Women Legislators in the Madras Legislative Assembly|url=http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/102290/12/12_chapter%205.pdf|publisher=[[Shodhganga]]|accessdate=30 November 2017}}</ref><br />
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==Personal life==<br />
Kolandai Ammal was the mother of two children.<ref name="WW" /><br />
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