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| name = Jothi Venkatachalam<br />
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| occupation = [[Governor of Kerala|Governor]] of [[Kerala]], [[India]]<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1917|10|27}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Pyin Oo Lwin|Maymyo]], [[British rule in Burma|British Burma]], Now [[Myanmar]]<br />
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1992|11|28|1917|10|27}}<br />
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|awards = [[Padma Shri]] {{small|(1974)}}<br />
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'''Jothi Venkatachalam''' (27 October 1917 - 28 November 1992) was an Indian politician who served as [[List of Governors of Kerala|Governor of Kerala]] and [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Member of the Legislative Assembly]] of [[Tamil Nadu]].<br />
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==Life and career==<br />
Jothi Venkatachalam was born in [[Pyin Oo Lwin|Maymyo]], hill city of British Burma (now Myanmar), on 27 October 1917 to G. Kuppuram and MeenaPai.{{citation needed|date= September 2022}} Her father was appointed to serve in Secretary office of British Burma, resigned and came back to Chennai in 1930 due to political turmoil during that time in Burma. Jothi continued her study in [[C.S.I. Ewart Matriculation Higher Secondary School|Ewart Matriculation Higher Secondary School]], Veppery, Chennai, Tamil Nadu.{{citation needed|date= September 2022}}<br />
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Jothi was more involved in social works and came to the attention of Congress party. She was appointed minister for Liquor Prohibition and Women's Welfare in the [[C. Rajagopalachari]] cabinet between 10 October 1953 and 12 April 1954. Thus Jothi Venkatachalam became the first woman to be minister in Tamil Nadu state in the republic of India.<ref>{{Cite book | title = முதல் பெண்கள் - ஜோதி வெங்கடாசலம் | publisher = Vikatan | year = 2020 | url= https://www.vikatan.com/lifestyle/women/jothi-venkatachalam-the-first-women-minister-of-tamil-nadu}}</ref> In that very brief stint, she clubbed the liquor prohibition department with Police department.<br />
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Later she was elected to the [[Tamil Nadu legislative assembly]] from [[Egmore (State Assembly Constituency)|Egmore constituency]] as an [[Indian National Congress]] candidate in [[1962 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|1962]] election, and as an [[Indian National Congress (Organisation)]] candidate from [[Srirangam (State Assembly Constituency)|Srirangam constituency]] in [[1971 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|1971]] election.<ref>[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1962/StatRep_Madras_1962.pdf 1962 Madras State Election Results, Election Commission of India]</ref><ref>[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1971/StatReport_TN_71.pdf 1971 Tamil Nadu Election Results, Election Commission of India]</ref> This time Chief Minister [[K. Kamaraj]] appointed her as minister for public health in [[K. Kamaraj]]'s cabinet from 1962 and continued in [[M. Bhaktavatsalam|M. Bhakthavatchalam]]'s ministry till 1967.<ref name="kan1">{{cite book |author=Kandaswamy. P|title=The political Career of K. Kamaraj|publisher=Concept Publishing Company|year=2008 |pages=62–64 |isbn=8170228018 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bOjT3qffnMkC}}</ref><ref>[http://www.assembly.tn.gov.in/archive/Resumes/03assly/03_01_1%20&%202.pdf The Madras Legislative Assembly, Third Assembly I Session]</ref><ref>[http://www.assembly.tn.gov.in/archive/Resumes/03assly/03_02_1.pdf The Madras Legislative Assembly, Third Assembly II Session]</ref><br />
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Later she served as the governor of [[Kerala]] from 14 October 1977 to 26 October 1982.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.rajbhavan.kerala.gov.in/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=45&Itemid=41 |title=Governors of Kerala |access-date=19 January 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120813042814/http://www.rajbhavan.kerala.gov.in/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=45&Itemid=41 |archive-date=13 August 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref><br />
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In 1974, Jothi Venkatachalam was conferred with a '[[Padma Shri]]' award for her dedicated contribution in the field of Public Affairs.{{citation needed|date= September 2022}}<br />
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On 19 July 1961, her husband was killed in a road accident. Jothi Venkatachalam is also deceased.<ref>[http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/trailblazers-from-another-era/article4889525.ece Trailblazers from another era]</ref><br />
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