Annie Mascarene
Area of Expertise: Politics
Bio: Annie Mascarene (6 June 1902[1] — 19 July 1963) was an Indian freedom fighter and Member of Parliament from Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. Mascarene was one of the first women to join the Travancore State Congress and became the first woman to be part of the Travancore State Congress Working Committee. she was one of the leaders of the movements for independence and integration with the Indian nation in the Travancore State.For her political activism she was imprisoned for various periods from 1939–47. Mascarene was elected to the First Lok Sabha as an independent candidate from the Thiruvananthapuram Lok Sabha constituency in the Indian general election, 1951. She was the first woman MP from Kerala and one of only 10 elected to Parliament in those elections. Annie Mascarene died in 1963 and her grave lies at the Pattoor cemetery in Thiruvananthapuram. A bronze statue of Annie Mascarene was built at the Annie Mascarene Square at Vazhuthacaud in Thiruvananthapuram and it was unveiled by Vice President Hamid Ansari in September 2013.
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