Early life
Damodaram Sanjivayya was born in a dalit family in Peddapadu village of Kallur Mandal in Kurnool district. His father died when he was young. He was a brilliant student at the Municipal school and he took a bachelor's degree in law from Madras Law College. Even as a student, he actively participated in the Indian freedom movement He went on to become the Chief Minister and also was twice elected as president of All India Congress Committee and served as Union Minister for Industry and Labour.Damodaram Sanjivayya Memorial Trust on Friday celebrated 93rd birth anniversary of Damodaram Sanjivayya, the first Dalit Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh.
Career
Damodaram Sanjivayya was Minister in the composite Madras State. He was the member of the provisional parliament 1950–52. In 1962, Sanjivayya also became the first dalit leader from Andhra Pradesh to become All India Congress Committee president.
He was Minister of Labour and Employment under Lal Bahadur Shastry between 9 June 1964 and 23 January 1966.
Chief Minister
He had the distinction of becoming the first chief minister among the first Dalit leaders to have shouldered such high responsibilities in the cause of service to the Nation. He was known for his administrative ability and for his uprightness of character.He wrote a book on Labour problems and industrial development in India, in 1970 published by Oxford and IBH Pub. Co New Delhi.
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