Puan Sri Janaki Athi Nahappan :Founding member of the MIC and Senator in the Dewan Negara of the Malaysian Parliament

Puan Sri Janaki Athi Nahappan

 Founding member of the MIC and Senator in the Dewan Negara of the Malaysian Parliament 

Puan Sri Janaki Athi Nahappan, also known as Janaky Devar, was a welfare activist and founder member of the Malaysian Indian Congress. She is one of the earliest women involved in the fight for Malaysian (then Malaya) independence and was even appointed as Senator in the Dewan Negara of the Malaysian Parliament.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janaky_Athi_Nahappan