Guntur Bapanaiah

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)

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]

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

References

  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.