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by a margin of 10,573 votes. While in the assembly, Shanmugam raised issues regarding women's education and farmers. She is credited for the increase in Madras government's fund to the
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the medium of instruction in all colleges. Not much is known about her later life.
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and polled 20,511 votes. She defeated her nearest rival, a candidate of the
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