S. Nijalingappa

S. Nijalingappa ( Siddavanahalli Nijalingappa; Kannada. ಎಸ್ ನಿಜಲಿಂಗಪ್ಪ; born December 10, 1902 District Bellary, Karnataka, † 8 August 2000 in Chitradurga ) was an Indian politician of the Indian National Congress ( INC), which he was president from 1968 to 1969 was, as well as a two-time Chief Minister of Mysore ( Karnataka ).

Biography

S. Nijalingappa was born on 10 December 1902 in a village in the district of Bellary in Karnataka today. After attending Central College in Bangalore Nijalingappa studied 1924-1926 jurisprudence on Law College, Pune. During this time, he dealt with the life and teachings of Guru Basava and the philosophy of Shankaracharya Order, but also with the ideas of the Indian independence movement and teachings of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi.

Besides his activities as a lawyer, he later began his political career in 1936 and entered into contact with the deputy Dr. Hardikar NS. After he was a volunteer of the Indian National Congress, he later rose to the presidency of the Committee of the Congress Party in the state ( Pradesh Congress Committee ) on. Besides his work in the Indian independence movement, he was also an active member of the Karnataka - Ekikarana movement, which advocated a union of the Kannada - speaking areas.

Between 1946 and 1950 Nijalingappa was a member of the Constituent Assembly, which prepared the sovereignty of India on 15th August 1947. In addition, he was from 1952 to 1957 member of the House ( Lok Sabha ) during the first term and represented the constituency there Chitradurga.

On November 1, 1956 Nijalingappa Chief Minister of the newly formed according to the language limitations of the Kannada State of Mysore was (1973 renamed Karnataka ) and held this post until his replacement by BD Jatti on 15 May 1958.

The Office of the Chief Minister of Mysore he practiced again on 21 June 1962 to March 2, 1967 from. During this period he carried out numerous projects and became the father of modern Karnataka.

After the former Party President K. Kamaraj in 1967 in his hometown of Virudhunagar subject as a deputy to the Parliament of Tamil Nadu in his candidacy, Kamaraj lost through the influence of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and his office as President of the National Congress. Then Nijalingappa was elected at the party convention in Hyderabad in 1968, his successor as president of the INC and re-elected at the next party congress in Faridabad. Due to the sustained effort it though succeeded in reviving the Congress Party, but it was during his tenure to split the Congress Party because of the conflicts between the organization front and the administrative wing, with Nijalingappa spoke out against the run of Indira Gandhi progressive faction. This meant that he was voted out at the next party congress in 1969 in Mumbai and replaced by jagjivan Ram, a confidant of Gandhi and the then Minister for Food and Agriculture.

Speaking

In his inaugural speech as President of the Congress Party, he led at the Party Congress 1968 in Hyderabad from: