Andanappa Doddameti
Andanappa Doddameti | |
|---|---|
| Minister of State for Minor Irrigation, Government of Mysore | |
| In office 1968 – March 1971 | |
| Member of the Mysore Legislative Assembly | |
| In office 1957–1972 | |
| Succeeded by | A. V. Patil |
| Constituency | Ron |
| Member of the Bombay Legislative Assembly | |
| In office 1952–1957 | |
| Preceded by | Constituency established |
| Constituency | Ron |
| Member of the Bombay Legislative Assembly for Dharwad North | |
| In office 1946–1946 | |
| In office 1937–1939 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 16 March 1908 Jakkali, Gadag, Bombay Presidency, British India |
| Died | 21 February 1972 (aged 63) |
| Political party | Indian National Congress |
| Spouse(s) | Annapurna Devikadevi |
Andanappa Jnanappa Doddameti (16 March 1908 – 21 February 1972) was an Indian statesman. He is known for his role in the Unification of Karnataka[1] and his significant participation in the Indian Independence Movement.[2]
Early life
[edit]Doddameti was born into a farming family of Jnanappa and Basamma in Jakkali village, Ron taluk, of the erstwhile Bombay Presidency of British India (in present-day Karnataka) on 16 March 1908.[3][4][5][6][7] Doddameti was an agriculturist through ancestry. He joined the Indian National Congress in 1930.[5][6] In 1933, he was named director of the Karnatak Provincial Congress Committee.[5][8] He took part in the Non-Cooperation Movement of 1933.[5][6] He was jailed for half a year and fined 2,000 Indian rupees him for his role in the Ankola stir.[4][6][8] Doddameti discontinued his education after class three. He was married a few months before he turned 18, and had two wives — Annapurna and Devikadevi.[3]
Career
[edit]Doddameti founded the Dharwad District Harijan Sevak Sangh after his release from jail.[4][7][8] He met Mahatma Gandhi in the Yarvada jail, and sought his blessing for the work for upliftment of Harijans.[7] Additionally, Doddameti served as the president of the Jamkhandi State People's Conference from 1932 to 1948.[5][6][9]
Doddameti was elected to the Bombay Legislative Assembly from the Dharwad North constituency in 1937.[5][7] In 1938, he supported a motion for the creation of a Karnatak province, addressing the legislature in Kannada language.[7] He was the first legislator to speak in Kannada in the assembly.[5] He was jailed during a 1940 satyagraha.[8] Previously, he was imprisoned during the Quit India movement of 1942, and spent thirty-three months in jail.[8]
Doddameti was re-elected to the Bombay Legislative Assembly in 1946.[5] On 1 April 1947, he moved a resolution in the Legislative Assembly calling for the creation of a Karnatak province, which was adopted by the legislature with 60 votes in favour and 8 against.[7] He was re-elected to the Bombay Legislative Assembly in the 1952 elections, representing the Ron constituency.[5] He served as the Working President of the Karnatak Unification League.[5] Doddameti was a Member of the Bombay Legislative Assembly until 1956.[6] From 1956 onwards, he served as member of the Mysore Legislative Assembly.[6] He was re-elected to the Mysore Legislative Assembly in 1957, 1962 and 1967.[8][10] In 1957 and 1966, he moved a resolutions in the Mysore Legislative Assembly, calling for the state to be renamed Karnataka.[7]
In 1968, Doddameti was named as Minister of State for Minor Irrigation in the Mysore state government.[8][11] His tenure as Minister ended in March 1971.[4]
Doddameti died on 21 February 1972.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ "Karnataka History". Government of Karnataka. Government of Karnataka. 8 September 2021. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
- ^ "Forgotten tales of the freedom struggle in North Karnataka". The Hindu. The Hindu. 17 August 2021. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
- ^ a b Andanappa Doddamet (PDF) (in Kannada). 2008. Retrieved 13 May 2025.
- ^ a b c d India Who's who. INFA Publications. 1971. p. 253.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Homi Jehangirji H. Taleyarkhan (1953). Bombay Legislature Directory. Bombay Legislature Congress Party. p. 20.
- ^ a b c d e f g March of Mysore. 1968. p. 14.
- ^ a b c d e f g Shankaragouda Hanamantagouda Patil (2002). Community Dominance and Political Modernisation: The Lingayats. Mittal Publications. pp. 225, 282. ISBN 978-81-7099-867-9.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Durga Das Pvt. Ltd (1985). Eminent Indians who was Who, 1900–1980, Also Annual Diary of Events. Durga Das Pvt. Limited. p. 105.
- ^ Bi. Ḍi Jatti (1993). I Am My Own Model: An Autobiography. Vikas Publishers. p. 28. ISBN 978-81-220-0277-5.
- ^ Election Commission of India. Karnataka 1957
- ^ Mysore (India : State). Legislature. Legislative Assembly (1967). A Review of Working of Mysore Legislative Assembly. Mysore Legislature Secretariat. p. 195.