Tan Sri Dr Devaki Krishnan: Politician

Tan Sri Dr Devaki Krishnan:

  The first Malaysian Indian woman to contest an open public election.

On the invitation of Datuk Onn Jaafar, she became a member of the Independent Malaya Party (IMP). She was the first Malaysian Indian woman to contest an open public election;the Kuala Lumpur Municipal Election to become a municipal councillor for Kuala Lumpur in 1952.

During the 1969 riots she was a member of the a member of the auxiliary police, Devaki donned the uniform, cap, socks and shoes to take care of the riot victims and homeless, numbering around 3,500, at Stadium Merdeka.

Source:

 http://www.thestar.com.my/story.aspx?file=%2f2007%2f7%2f8%2flifefocus%2f18149576&sec=lifefocus