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Janaki Ammal

Award received: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q30132492&amp;oldid=2563782231" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Padma Shri in Science &amp; Engineering · dated 1977
Employer: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q5679170&amp;oldid=2555346949" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">RHS Garden, Wisley · from 1946 · to 1951
Public office: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q42178&amp;oldid=2564381775" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">vice president
Education: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q230492&amp;oldid=2560894223" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">University of Michigan · to 1931
Award received: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q949193&amp;oldid=2521709361" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Padma Shri
Employer: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q8030853&amp;oldid=2476775730" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Women&#39;s Christian College, Chennai · from 1921

Wikidata describes Janaki Ammal as Indian botanist (1897–1984).

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