Damodaram Sanjivayya Explained

Damodaram Sanjeevayya
Birth Date:14 February 1921
Birth Place:Peddapdu Village, Madras Presidency, British India
(now in Andhra Pradesh, India)
Office:Union Minister of Labour and Employment
Term Start:24 January 1964
Term End:24 January 1966
Primeminister:Lal Bahadur Shastri
Predecessor:Gulzarilal Nanda
Successor:Jagjivan Ram
Office1:Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
Term Start1:1964
Term End1:1972
Predecessor1:Narsing Rao
Successor1:M Rahmatullah
Constituency1:Andhra Pradesh
Office2:2nd Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh
Governor2:Bhim Sen Sachar
Term Start2:11 January 1960
Term End2:12 March 1962
1Blankname2:Deputy
1Namedata2:Konda Venkata Ranga Reddy
Predecessor2:Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
Successor2:Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
Office3:3rd President of the
Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee
Term Start3:1956
Term End3:1961
1Blankname3:AICC President
Predecessor3:Bezawada Gopala Reddy
Successor3:Mallipudi Pallamraju[1]
Party:Indian National Congress
Spouse:Krishnaveni
Cabinet:Government of India
Portfolio:Minister of Labour and Employment (9 June 1964 – 23 January 1966)
Nationality:Indian
Alma Mater:Madras Law College[2]

Damodaram Sanjivayya (14 February 1921 – 7 May 1972) was an Indian politician who served as the second chief minister of Andhra Pradesh from 11 January 1960 to 12 March 1962.[3] [4] Sanjivayya was the first Dalit Chief Minister of an Indian state.[5] [6] He was also the first Dalit leader to become All India Congress Committee president.[7]

Early life

Damodaram Sanjivayya was born in a Mala Dasu family[8] in Peddapadu village of Kallur Mandal in Kurnool district.[3] His father died when he was young. He studied at the Municipal School and graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Law from Madras Law College in 1948.[9] Even while a student, he actively participated in the Indian freedom movement.[10]

Career

Sanjivayya was a minister in the composite Madras State. He was a 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.[11]

He was Minister of Labour and Employment under Lal Bahadur Shastri between 9 June 1964 and 23 January 1966.[12]

Chief Minister

Sanjivayya was the first Dalit Chief Minister of an Indian state.[13] He wrote a book on labour problems and industrial development in India, which was published in 1970 by Oxford and IBH Pub. Co., New Delhi.[14] He introduced pension system for widows, elderly people and established Lalitha Kala Academy in Andhra Pradesh. He was the youngest chief minister ever in India, he introduced the office of Anticorruption Bureau, he completed the irrigation projects like Gajuladinne in Kurnool dist., Vamsadhara, Pulichintala and varadarajula swamy project near Atmakur in Kurnool dist.

Personal life

In 1950 Sanjivayya married a Dalit teacher, Krishnaveni. They had no children. Sanjivayya wrote literary articles and poetry in Telugu in his free time.

Honours

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: RAJYA SABHA MEMBERS BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES 1952 – 2003 . . 30 May 2019.
  2. Web site: Damodaram Sanjivayya Dead . . 8 May 1972 . 30 May 2018.
  3. https://web.archive.org/web/20060623075106/http://www.hindu.com/lf/2005/04/21/stories/2005042106200200.htm Life Hyderabad : Memorial for Sanjeevaiah
  4. http://www.rulers.org/indstat3.html Rulers of India
  5. Web site: What's Under A Surname? Well, A Whole State. . . 16 December 2013 . 25 October 2019.
  6. Web site: 2021-09-21 . Before Punjab CM Channi, here are Dalit leaders who held top post in country . 2023-05-01 . . en.
  7. Web site: Ghosh . Abantika . 2022-10-19 . As its 1st Dalit president in 50 yrs, what difference will Kharge make to Congress's fortunes? . 2023-05-01 . ThePrint . en-US . The first Dalit ever to become Congress president was Damodaram Sanjivayya, former Andhra Pradesh chief minister, who held the post twice..
  8. Gundimeda . Sambaiah . 2009 . Dalits, Praja Rajyam Party and Caste Politics in Andhra Pradesh . . 44 . 21 . 50–58 . 0012-9976.
  9. News: 1972-05-08 . Damodaram Sanjivayya Dead; Head of India's Congress Party . en-US . . 2023-05-01 . 0362-4331.
  10. http://megassembly.gov.in/proceedings/1972/19-06-1972.htm Obituary in Assembly Proceedings.1972
  11. Web site: Presidents of Indian National Congress . 6 June 2007 . unfit . https://web.archive.org/web/20091026232349/http://www.geocities.com/dakshina_kan_pa/art25/botrt.htm . 26 October 2009 . . Retrieved on 23 September 2011.
  12. http://www.kolumbus.fi/taglarsson/dokumentit/shastri.htm Union Ministry of Lal Bahadur Shastry
  13. Web site: What's Under A Surname? Well, A Whole State. . . 16 December 2013 . 25 October 2019.
  14. Web site: Sanjivayya, D. 1970. Labour Problem and Industrial Development in India. . New Delhi . Oxford & IBH Publishers .