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Tan Sri Devaki Ayathurai Krishnan (Tamil: தேவகி கிருஷ்ணன்) (born 11 March 1923) is a Malaysian politician. She became the first woman be elected to public office in Malaysia when she won a seat on the Municipal Council in Kuala Lumpur in 1952. She is currently a life member of the Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC).