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| name = Damodaram Sanjivayya<br />
| image = Damodaram Sanjivayya 2008 stamp of India.jpg<br />
| imagesize = <br />
| birth_date ={{Birth date|1921|2|14|df=y}}<br />
| birth_place = Peddapdu Village, [[Madras Presidency]], [[British Raj|British India]]<br/>(now in [[Andhra Pradesh]], [[India]])<br />
| death_date ={{Death date and age|df=yes|1972|5|8|1921|2|14}}<br />
| order = 2nd<br />
| office = Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh<br />
| constituency = [[Kurnool (Assembly constituency)|Kurnool]]<br />
| governor = [[Bhim Sen Sachar]]<br />
| term_start =11 January 1960<br />
|term_end =12 March 1962<br />
| predecessor =[[Neelam Sanjiva Reddy]]<br />
| successor =[[Neelam Sanjiva Reddy]]<br />
| office2 = [[Member of Parliament]], [[Rajya Sabha]]<br />
| constituency2 = [[Andhra Pradesh]]<br />
| term_start2 =1964<br />
|term_end2 =1972 <ref>{{cite web | url=https://rajyasabha.nic.in/rsnew/pre_member/1952_2003/s.pdf| title=RAJYA SABHA MEMBERS BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES 1952 – 2003 | publisher=[[Rajya Sabha]] | accessdate=30 May 2018}}</ref><br />
| party =[[Indian National Congress]]<br />
| spouse = Krishnaveni<br />
| children =<br />
|cabinet = [[Government of India]]<br />
|portfolio = Minister of Labour and Employment (9 June 1964 – 23 January 1966)<br />
| footnotes =<br />
| nationality = [[India]]n<br />
|alma_mater = [[Madras Law College]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1972/05/08/archives/damodaram-sanivayya-dead-head-of-indias-congress-party.html | title=Damodaram Sanjivayya Dead | work=[[The New York Times]] | date=8 May 1972 | accessdate=30 May 2018}}</ref><br />
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'''Damodaram Sanjivayya''' (14 February 1921 – 8 May 1972) was an Indian politician who served as the [[chief minister]] of [[Andhra Pradesh]] from 11 January 1960 to 12 March 1962.<ref name="hindu2005">[https://web.archive.org/web/20060623075106/http://www.hindu.com/lf/2005/04/21/stories/2005042106200200.htm Life Hyderabad : Memorial for Sanjeevaiah]. ''The Hindu'' (21 April 2005). Retrieved on 23 September 2011.</ref><ref>[http://www.rulers.org/indstat3.html Rulers of India]. Rulers.org. Retrieved on 23 September 2011.</ref> Sanjivayya was the first Dalit Chief Minister of an Indian state.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.outlookindia.com/magazine/story/whats-under-a-surname-well-a-whole-state/288760 | title=What's Under A Surname? Well, A Whole State. | work=[[Outlook (Indian magazine)|Outlook]] | date=16 December 2013 | accessdate=25 October 2019}}</ref><br />
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==Early life==<br />
Damodaram Sanjivayya was born in a [[Mala (caste)|Mala]]{{cn|date=November 2021}} family in Peddapadu village of Kallur Mandal in [[Kurnool district]].<ref name="hindu2005"/> His father died when he was in young age. He studied at the Municipal School and he took a Bachelor's degree in Law from [[Madras Law College]]. Even being a student, he actively participated in the [[Indian freedom movement]].<ref>[http://megassembly.gov.in/proceedings/1972/19-06-1972.htm Obituary in Assembly Proceedings.1972]. Megassembly.gov.in. Retrieved on 23 September 2011.</ref><br />
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==Career==<br />
Damodaram Sanjivayya was Minister in the composite Madras State. He was the member of the provisional parliament 1950–52. In 1962, Sanjivayya also became the first Dalit leader from Andhra Pradesh to become All India Congress Committee president.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.geocities.com/dakshina_kan_pa/art25/botrt.htm |title=Presidents of Indian National Congress |accessdate=6 June 2007 |url-status=unfit |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091026232349/http://www.geocities.com/dakshina_kan_pa/art25/botrt.htm |archivedate=26 October 2009 }}. Retrieved on 23 September 2011.</ref><br />
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He was Minister of Labour and Employment under [[Lal Bahadur Shastri]] between 9 June 1964 and 23 January 1966.<ref>[http://www.kolumbus.fi/taglarsson/dokumentit/shastri.htm Union Ministry of Lal Bahadur Shastry]. Kolumbus.fi. Retrieved on 23 September 2011.</ref><br />
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===Chief Minister===<br />
Sanjivayya was the first Dalit Chief Minister of an Indian state.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.outlookindia.com/magazine/story/whats-under-a-surname-well-a-whole-state/288760 | title=What's Under A Surname? Well, A Whole State. | work=[[Outlook (Indian magazine)|Outlook]] | date=16 December 2013 | accessdate=25 October 2019}}</ref><br />
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He wrote a book on Labour problems and industrial development in India, in 1970 published by Oxford and IBH Pub. Co., New Delhi.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Pv8rAAAAIAAJ | title= Sanjivayya, D. 1970. Labour Problem and Industrial Development in India. |location=New Delhi |publisher=Oxford & IBH Publishers }}</ref><br />
He introduced pension system for widows, elderly people,<br />
he established Lalitha kala academy in Andhra pradesh,<br />
he was the youngest chief minister ever in India, he introduced office of Anti corruption bureau {ACB}, he completed the irrigation projects like Gajuladinne in Kurnool dist., Vamsadhara, Pulichintala and varadarajula swamy project near Atmakur in Kurnool dist.<br />
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==Honours==<br />
* His statue was erected opposite Public Gardens in Nampally, Hyderabad<br />
* A park, [[Sanjeevaiah park]] on the banks of [[Hussain Sagar]] in [[Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh|Hyderabad]] was named in his honour. His grave is also located inside the park.<br />
* [[Damodaram Sanjivayya National Law University]], [[Visakhapatnam]] one of the premier legal institutions in the country has been named in his honour.<br />
* India Post issued a commemorative postage stamp in his honour (INR 5.00) on 14 February 2008.<br />
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==References==<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[List of Chief Ministers of Andhra Pradesh]]<br />
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