Thimmiya Gowder was born in 1905 in the place of Bellapalayam at sirumugai, her fathers name is Ranga Gowder, he had joined in the independence movement in 1937 and August protest on 1942, he had prisoned for the period of 9 months in alipur prison and also prisoned in the jails at Vellore and tanjore. He has the literacy to Read and write.