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Andanappa Doddameti
Indian politician From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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]
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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]
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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]
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