Andanappa Jnanappa Doddameti was an Indian statesman. He was born in Jakkali village, Ron taluk, Kingdom of Mysore (now the state of Karnataka) on 16 March 1908.[1][2][3][4] Andanappa Doddameti was known for his role in the Unification of Karnataka[5] and his significant participation in the Indian Independence Movement.[6]
He was the son of Jnanappa. Andanappa was an agriculturist through ancestry. He joined the Indian National Congress in 1930.[2][3] In 1933 he was named director of the Karnatak Provincial Congress Committee.[2][7] He took part in the Non-Cooperation Movement of 1933.[2][3] He was jailed for half a year and fined 2,000 Indian rupees him for his role in the Ankola stir.[1][3][7] Andanappa founded the Dharwad District Harijan Sevak Sangh after his release from jail.[1][4][7] He met Mahatma Gandhi in the Yarvada jail, and sought Gandhi's blessing for the work for upliftment of Harijans.[4] Moreover Andanappa served as the president of the Jamkhandi State People's Conference from 1932 to 1948.[2][3][8]
He was elected to the Bombay Legislative Assembly from the Dharwad North constituency in 1937.[2][4] In 1938 he supported a motion for the creation of a Karnatak province, addressing the legislature in Kannada language.[4] He was the first legislator to speak in Kannada in the assembly.[2] He was jailed during a 1940 satyagrah.[7] He was imprisoned during the Quit India movement of 1942, and spent thirty-three months in jail.[7]
He was re-elected to the Bombay Legislative Assembly in 1946.[2] 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.[4] He was re-elected to the Bombay Legislative Assembly in the 1952 elections, representing the Ron constituency.[2] He served as the Working President of the Karnatak Unification League.[2] Andanappa was a Member of the Bombay Legislative Assembly until 1956.[3] From 1956 onwards he was a Member of the Mysore Legislative Assembly.[3] He was re-elected to the Mysore Legislative Assembly in 1957, 1962 and 1967.[7][9] In 1957 and 1966 he moved a resolutions in the Mysore Legislative Assembly, calling for the state to be re-named 'Karnataka'.[4]
In 1968 he was named as Minister of State for Minor Irrigation in the Mysore state government.[7][10] His tenure as Minister ended in March 1971.[1]
He died on 21 February 1972.[7]
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- ^ 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.
- ^ "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 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.