Saraswathi Subbiah (22 October 1924 – June 2005) was an Indian communist politician. Saraswathi Subbiah took part in the struggle for independence. She studied medicine, but had to interrupt her studies. She represented the Cassucadai assembly constituency between 19 August 1959 and 30 June 1963 for the

Communist Party of India Communist Party of India (CPI) is the oldest Marxist–Leninist communist party in India and one of the nine national parties in the country. The CPI was founded in modern-day Kanpur (formerly known as Cawnpore) on 26 December 1925. H ...

. She was also a member of the representative assembly for a year from July 1963. She was also a leader of the National Federation of Indian Women.''New Age''.
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' Saraswathi Subbiah was the first woman to be awarded the Mahalir Thilagam Award of the Pondicherry government in recognition of her service to the community. She was the wife of veteran communist leader

V. Subbiah Varadarajulu Kailasa Subbiah (7 February 1911 – 12 October 1993) was an Indian communist politician from Pondicherry (now Puducherry). Subbiah was the secretary of the Communist Party of French India. He is regarded as the founder of the trade ...

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