Guntur Bapanaiah (1919 - March 25, 1978) was an Indian politician, Dalit leader, freedom fighter,[1] and founding member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) party after it split from the Communist Party of India in 1964.[citation needed] In the 1930s, he became an active member of the Communist Party and joined the associated Raitu Coolie Sangham agricultural labour organization in 1939.[2][3] He helped organize peasant movements in Challapalli Estate in 1938 and 1950[3][2] and was, at one time, general secretary of the Andhra Provincial Agricultural Labourers Association.[4] He was elected as a member of the Madras Legislative Assembly for the Divi constituency in 1951[3][5][6] and of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly for the Nidumolu constituency in 1962 and 1978.[7][8]

Guntur Bapanaiah
గుంటూరు బాపనయ్యకు
Member of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
for Nidumolu
Assumed office
1962, 1978
Member of the Madras Legislative Assembly
for Divi
In office
1951–1953
Preceded by(none - new assembly)
Succeeded by(none - assemblies split)
Personal details
Born1919 (1919)
DiedMarch 25, 1978 (aged 58–59)
NationalityIndian
Political partyCommunist Party of India (Marxist) (1964-1978)
Communist Party of India (1930s-1964)

Bapanaiah died on March 25, 1978, not long after the election, and was replaced in the Assembly by his wife.[9]

References edit

  1. ^ Jammanna, Akepogu; Sudhakar, Pasala (2016). Dalits' Struggle for Social Justice in Andhra Pradesh. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. p. 257. ISBN 1443894664.
  2. ^ a b Koteswara Rao, E. (2011). "Chapter 7: The role of Communists in the Kisan struggles against the Challapalli Zamindar". The Kisan struggles in Andhra Pradesh: a study of Kisan struggles of Munagala and Challapalli Zamindaries (PDF) (Thesis). pp. 203, 211. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
  3. ^ a b c Narasaiah, I. (2009). "Chapter 2: Articulation of Left Ideological hegemony and the Formation of Communist Party of India in the Madras Presidency". Left and national movements in the Madras presidency 1930 to 47 a study in politics of hegemony (PDF) (Thesis). p. 47. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
  4. ^ Jangam, Chinnaiah (22 May 2018). "How Not to Write a Dalit Memoir". The Wire India. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
  5. ^ Na Parichayalu (in Telugu). Vijayawada: Prajasakthi Book House. 1998. pp. 96–98.
  6. ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 to the Legislative Assembly of Madras" (PDF). Election Commission of India. pp. 69, 333. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010.
  7. ^ "Andhra Pradesh Assembly Election Results in 1962". Elections.in. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
  8. ^ "Andhra Pradesh Assembly Election Results in 1978". Elections.in. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
  9. ^ Jahnavi (6 October 2021). "Badvel bye-poll: Why TDP and Pawan Kalyan's JSP are not contesting citing 'tradition'". The News Minute. Retrieved 21 September 2023.