His wife Pandyanda Seethamma Belliappa was also a freedom fighter who courted arrest.
[4] At his invitation, Mahatma Gandhi, his secretary Thakkar, the President of the Dalit Sangha, a German journalist, Miss Jamnalal Bajaj and others came to Gonikoppal in Coorg.
They lost the elections to the Congress, led by C M Poonacha, but won nine of the Assembly seats.
The Takkadi party was a dominant political force and voice in Coorg with its anti-merger plank.
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