Prof. kothapalli jayashankar

PPT on Prof. kothapalli jayashankar prepared by M Padma Lalitha Sharada of GHS Malakpet. This presentation prepared with enthusiasm.
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1. Prof.
Kothapalli
Jayashankar

2. Prepared
by

M Padma Lalitha Sharada
GHS Malakpet



with support from
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kothapalli_Jayashankar

3. Kothapalli Jayashankar popularly known as Professor
Jayashankar (6 August 1934 – 21 June 2011) was an
Indian academic and Social Activist.

4. He was the ideologue of
Telangana Movement.

5. He has been
fighting for a
separate state
since 1952.

6. He often stated that unequal distribution of
river water was the root cause of separate
Telangana movement

7. He was the former Vice-Chancellor of
Kakatiya University and an activist in the
Separate Telangana Movement.

8. K. Jayashankar was born in
Akkampet village, Atmakur
mandal, Warangal in
erstwhile Hyderabad state to
Lakshmikantha Rao and
Mahalakshmi of the
Vishwakarma community.

9. He did his schooling in Hanumakonda, Warangal and his M.A. in
Economics at Banaras Hindu University, M.A. in Economics at
Aligarh University and PhD in Economics at Osmania University,
and BEd at Osmania University.

10. During the Nizam rule in Hyderabad state, it was mandatory for
all schools to sing a song praising the Nizam, when the
headmaster of the Markaji High School in Hanamkonda asked
his students to sing the song, K. Jayashankar, then a Class VI
student, defied the rule and sang Vandemataram

11. His biography "Voduvani Muchchata"
written by Kompelli Venkat Goud was
released by KCR and other prominent
personalities.

12. He also started in a bus to participate in
1952 Mulkhi Agitation.
he walked out of his class
in protest against state
reorganisation in 1952.
As a young
student of
intermediate,

13. Then, in 1962, he was part of a
campaign which rocked the region.
He joined the movement for a
separate Telangana state in 1952,
when he was a student leader.

14. As a lecturer, in 1968,
he participated in the
revived the agitation.




He carried out his struggle
for Telangana through
research and academic
studies, and by educating
people on the cause.

15. He is known as the original
Telangana ideologue. He led
several agitations since 1962,
transforming into a mass
movement after 1969 agitation.

16. He was associated
with the Telangana
movement efforts
to obtain statehood
for Telangana since
1952, stating with
Non-Mulki go back
and Idli Sambar go
back movement.

17. He wanted the "Puri
Mutton" to populate
the lands of Telangana.
In 1969 Jayashankar
formed a team with
ten members to fight
for Telangana.
He was the only
survivor while the
others were killed in
police firing.

18. He then started Telangana Janasabha. It was banned by the
Indian government. He authored a large number of articles and
research papers, in English and Telugu, on various aspects of
the Telangana Problem.

19. He was instrumental in forming the Telangana
Development Forum (TDF, USA) in 1999.

20. He was invited by the American
Telugu Association (ATA) USA, to
speak about the Problems of
regional disparities in Andhra
Pradesh in July 2000 and July
2002.

21. He was invited by the Telangana Development Forum
(TDF) USA to give a series of lectures on various facets
of the Telangana Movement in ten major cities of the
United States during July/August 2000.

22. At the time of his death, he
was the Chairman of Centre
for Telangana Studies which
is engaged in research and
publication relating to
problems of Telangana.

23. He is the founder
member of Telangana
Aikya Vedika and was
on its Executive
Committee.
He spent
whole of his
life for the
cause of
Telangana.

24. It was Jayashankar who offered lime juice to the
TRS president when the latter broke his famous
fast for Telangana in December 2009.

25. Professor Jayashankar was Registrar of the then
Central Institute of English and Foreign Languages
(CIEFL) before being appointed Vice-chancellor of
Kakatiya University in 1991.

26. He died on 21
June 2011
11.15 AM
after battling
stomach
cancer. He did
not marry
and remained
a bachelor all
his life.

27. Dedicated
to
by
M.P.L. Sharada
GHS Malakpet
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