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'''Rani Sarubala Rajammani Ayi Sahib''' (born 7 October 1958), popularly known as '''Mayor Sarubala thondaiman ''', is an Indian politician and member of the royal house of [[Pudukkottai state|Pudukkottai]]. She is the Organising Secretary of [[Amma Makkal Munnettra Kazagam|AMMK.]] She was elected for mayor of [[Tiruchirappalli]] City Corporation two times (2001,2005), was the President of Trichy Unit [[Tamil Maanila Congress]] for a brief time. She quit the Tamil Maanila Congress (TMC) and joined the [[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] ([[AIADMK]]) on 15 September 2016. Later, she sided with RK Nagar MLA Dhinakaran to become a higher office holder in the [[Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam]].<br />
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== Shooting ==<br />
Sarubala was a keen rifle shooter in her early days. She is the current treasurer of Royal Pudukottai Sports Club. <br />
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== Early and personal life ==<br />
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Tondaiman was born on 7 October 1958 to Subramaniam, a Superintendent Engineer of the Tamil Nadu Highways Department and his wife Sarojini, granddaughter of late Sri Bhaskara Tondaiman IFS from Tirunelveli{{citation needed|date=June 2020}} sister of [https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/Ramasundaram-to-retire-voluntarily/article15717186.ece S Ramasundaram] [https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/Ramasundaram-to-retire-voluntarily/article15717186.ece IAS] former Public Works Secretary and Sister-in-Law of Archana Ramasundram IPS, Sarubala Tondaiman has a masters in arts and philosophy.{{citation needed|date=June 2020}}<br />
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She is married to Rajah [[R. Rajagopala Tondaiman]], who is the titular Rajah of Pudukottai, the President of Royal Pudukottai Sports Club and a vice president of the Tamil Nadu Shooting Association. The couple have a son, R. Prithviraj Tondaiman, who is an International Trap Shooter and the Secretary of Royal Pudukottai Sports Club, and a daughter, Radha Niranjani, who is also a national trap shooter and the Joint Treasurer of Royal Pudukottai Sports Club.<br />
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== Politics ==<br />
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From her early days, Sarubala has been an active member of the [[Indian National Congress]].{{citation needed|date=June 2020}} She served as the [[mayor]] of [[Tiruchirappalli]] from 2001<ref name="thehindu_20011029">{{cite news|title=Charubala faces uphill task in Tiruchi|url=http://www.hindu.com/2001/10/29/stories/04292236.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140502154932/http://www.hindu.com/2001/10/29/stories/04292236.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=2 May 2014|work=[[The Hindu]]|first=S.|last=Ganesan|date=29 October 2001}}</ref> to 2009.<ref name="hindustantimes_20090603">{{cite news|title=S. Sujatha elected as Trichy mayor|work=[[Hindustan Times]]|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/S-Sujatha-elected-as-Trichy-Mayor/Article1-417447.aspx|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130125202026/http://www.hindustantimes.com/S-Sujatha-elected-as-Trichy-Mayor/Article1-417447.aspx|url-status=dead|archive-date=25 January 2013|date=6 June 2009}}</ref> During the 2009 and 2014 Lok Sabha elections, she stood from the [[Tiruchirappalli (Lok Sabha constituency)|Tiruchirappalli Lok Sabha constituency]] and lost to [[P. Kumar]] consecutively of the [[Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] (ADMK) by 4,335 votes and 1,00,300 votes respectively .<ref name="2009elections">{{cite web|title=25-Constituency-wise detailed results |work=[[Election Commission of India]] |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/archiveofge2009/Stats/VOLI/25_ConstituencyWiseDetailedResult.pdf |page=133 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140811090059/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/archiveofge2009/Stats/VOLI/25_ConstituencyWiseDetailedResult.pdf |archivedate=2014-08-11 }}</ref><br />
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Sarubala is currently the Joint Convenor of the Movement for the Restoration of Vedic Wisdom.{{citation needed|date=June 2020}} She is also the Secretary of ACME Matriculation School, Tiruchirappalli and the Pudukkottai Mannar Educational and Charitable Trust and Mannar Arts & Science College, Tiruchirappalli.{{citation needed|date=June 2020}}<br />
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She quit the Tamil Maanila Congress (TMC) and joined the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) on 15 September 2016.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Tiruchirapalli/Sarubala-joins-AIADMK/article14638898.ece?ref=tpnews|title= Sarubala joins AIADMK|date=15 September 2016|newspaper=The Hindu|accessdate=25 June 2018}}</ref><br />
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She contested unsussessfully in the 2019 Parliamentary elections in Tiruchirappalli constituency as an Independent candidate.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://myneta.info/LokSabha2019/index.php?action=show_candidates&constituency_id=830|title= =List of Candidates in TIRUCHIRAPPALLI _ TAMIL NADU Lok Sabha 2019.html|date=18 July 2020|newspaper=MyNeta.info|accessdate=18 July 2020}}</ref><br />
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