TADAGANI SHIVAPPA – AN UNSUNG HERO OF INDIAN FREEDOM STRUGGLE
TADAGANI SHIVAPPA – AN UNSUNG HERO OF INDIAN FREEDOM STRUGGLE Sri T. S. SHIVAPPA, popularly known as ‘Tadagani Shivappa’ was born in a village called Tadagani in Shikaripur taluk of Shivamogga district, Karnataka. Tadagani was once a part of Udutadi , the village where Akkamahadevi, a renowned philosopher of 12th century who wrote vachanas on spirituality, was born. Shivappa was born in a farming family ,as second son, to Shantaveerappa sangur and Shivalingamma in 1916. He was brilliant in his studies, and after completing matriculation, he joined as a clerk in the taluk office. Soon he left the job as it did not suit his self-respect and joined as a school teacher. He made a name for himself as a good teacher. It was the time when the freedom struggle was spreading in the entire country. When Mahatma Gandhi called youth of India to join the ‘quit India movement’ in 1942, young Shivappa resigned his job and jumped into the freedom struggle...