Thillaiaadi Valliammai (22 February 1898 - 22 February 1914) was a South African Tamil woman who worked with Mahatma Gandhi in his early years when he toned his nonviolent methods in South Africa fighting its apartheid regime. Valliammai joined Gandhi's movement at the age of 16 and died soon thereafter during the anti-apartheid agitation. Gandhi later said that it was her sacrifice that increased his resolve to fight for Indian independence. In...
