Sathyavani Muthu

VR Nedunchezhiyan Sathyavani Muthu (15 February 1923 – 11 November 1999)[1] was an Indian politician and influential leader from Chennai, Tamil Nadu.

[5][6] She served as a minister for Harijan welfare and Information during C. N. Annadurai administration in Tamil Nadu from 1967 to 1969.

After Dr. Ambedkar, nobody has taken the cudgels in real earnest......We will form a new party, sit on the opposition benches, and fight for the rights of Schedules Castes.

She along with A. Bala Pajanor were the first two non-Congress Dravidian parties Tamil Nadu politicians to serve in Union ministry.

[12] Sathyavani Muthu penned her struggles in the book titled My Agitations, which was first released in 1982 by The Justice Press in Madras.