| Office | Minister of State for Minor Irrigation, Government of Mysore |
|---|---|
| Office | Member of the Mysore Legislative Assembly |
| Office | Member of the Bombay Legislative Assembly |
| Office | Member of the Bombay Legislative Assembly for Dharwad North
|
| Term start | 1968 |
| Term end | March 1971
|
| Successor | A. V. Patil
|
| Constituency | Ron |
| Born | 1908-3-16 |
| Born | Jakkali, Gadag, Bombay Presidency, British India |
| Died | Template:Death date and age
|
| Political party | Indian National Congress |
| Spouse | 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
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
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
- ↑ Karnataka History. Government of Karnataka. Government of Karnataka(2021-09-08). Retrieved 2022-11-28.
- ↑ Forgotten tales of the freedom struggle in North Karnataka. The Hindu. The Hindu(2021-08-17). Retrieved 2022-11-28.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Andanappa Doddamet{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}(2008)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 India Who's who{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. INFA Publications(1971)
- ↑ 5.00 5.01 5.02 5.03 5.04 5.05 5.06 5.07 5.08 5.09 Bombay Legislature Directory{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Bombay Legislature Congress Party(1953)
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 March of Mysore{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}(1968)
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 Community Dominance and Political Modernisation: The Lingayats{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Mittal Publications(2002). ISBN 978-81-7099-867-9
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 8.6 8.7 Eminent Indians who was Who, 1900–1980, Also Annual Diary of Events{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Durga Das Pvt. Limited(1985)
- ↑ I Am My Own Model: An Autobiography{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Vikas Publishers(1993). ISBN 978-81-220-0277-5
- ↑ Election Commission of India. Karnataka 1957
- ↑ A Review of Working of Mysore Legislative Assembly{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Mysore Legislature Secretariat.(1967)