C. M. Poonacha

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C. M. Poonacha
Virajpet
Majority3221
Personal details
Born
Cheppudira Muthanna Poonacha

(1910-09-26)26 September 1910
British India
Died7 August 1990(1990-08-07) (aged 79)
Political partyIndian National Congress
Children4, including C. P. Belliappa & Kavery Nambisan
OccupationFreedom Fighter, Politician
Known forOnly Chief Minister of Coorg (Kodagu)

Cheppudira Muthana Poonacha was the Chief Minister of

Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha), Union Railway Minister of India and Governor of Madhya Pradesh and Governor of Orissa
.

Freedom Movement

C. M. Poonacha was a descendant of the Coorg

Coorg
.

Politics

In 1947 Coorg was a separate state in South India until 1956. The other states of South India at that time were Bombay Presidency, Madras Presidency, Mysore kingdom, Travancore kingdom, Cochin kingdom and Hyderabad kingdom. The Coorg State Assembly had a strength of 24 members and the Cabinet consisted of just two members.

Constituent Assembly Member (Constitution of India)

C M Poonacha represented the Coorg state as a member of the Constituent Assembly.[1]

Chief Minister (Coorg)

Two parties fought the 1952 state elections: the Takkadi ('Scales of Justice') party under veteran Gandhian Pandyanda Belliappa, who was a dominant political force and voice of Coorg with its anti-merger plank, and the Congress under C.M. Poonacha in Coorg. Poonacha was elected Chief Minister of Coorg State (1952–56) in the first general elections. Coorg had two MPs in the Union Parliament then, besides having a state legislative body.[2] In 1956 the State Reorganisation Act was passed. Coorg was merged with Mysore and the legislative body at Mercara dissolved. While the Chief Minister was C.M. Poonacha, (who also held the finance portfolio), the only other Minister was Home Minister, Kittur Mallappa. C.M. Poonacha had won the Beriathnad seat while K. Mallappa won the second seat from Sanivarasante.[3] The Congress won 15 seats and Independents (opposing merger), represented by the Takkadi party, won nine seats. Under various circumstances Coorg was merged with the then Mysore in 1956.[4][5][6]

State Minister (Mysore)

After the formation of the new Mysore State Poonacha was Minister for Home and Industries under its Chief Minister S. Nijalingappa. He was also chairman, State Trading Corporation of India from 1959 to 1963. He led the Government of India Trade delegation to some East European countries in 1960 and was the leader of the State Trading Corporation delegation to Japan in 1961.

Central Minister

Poonacha was elected to the

Mangalore constituency in 1969. He contested again in 1971 as a candidate of NCO party, but lost.[7][8][9]

Union Railway Minister

After some time he became Union Minister for Railways from 1967 to 1969 (at first interim and then final) and Minister for Steel and Heavy Engineering in 1969. At that time he was the Member of Parliament representing

Mangalore Lok Sabha constituency to which Coorg then belonged.[10][11][12]

Retirement

Governor

After his retirement from active politics, he served two terms as governor, once as

Governor of Orissa
on 30 April 1980.

Family

Poonacha has two sons and two daughters. Two of his children, C. P. Belliappa and Kavery Nambisan, are well-known writers in English.

See also

References

  1. ISBN 9788170230021
    . Retrieved 1 August 2016.
  2. ^ [1] Archived 22 September 2010 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "From a princely State to two Assembly segments - KARNATAKA". The Hindu. 29 April 2008. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
  4. ^ "Kodagu fighting to maintain its existence - ANDHRA PRADESH". The Hindu. 20 April 2014. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
  5. ^ "Coorg and the reorganisation of States - NATIONAL". The Hindu. 20 October 2013. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
  6. ISBN 9788180693977
    . Retrieved 23 September 2014.
  7. ^ "Kodagu goes to LS polls with Mysore for first time - KARNATAKA". The Hindu. 12 April 2009. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
  8. ISBN 9788186030233
    . Retrieved 23 September 2014.
  9. ISBN 9788170225300
    . Retrieved 23 September 2014.
  10. ^ "[IRFCA] Railway Ministers". Irfca.org. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
  11. ^ http://www.indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboard/uploads/directorate/finance_budget/Previous%20Budget%20Speeches/1967-68_interim.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  12. ^ http://www.indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboard/uploads/directorate/finance_budget/Previous%20Budget%20Speeches/1968-69.pdf [bare URL PDF]

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Preceded by
N. N. Wanchu
 Governor of Madhya Pradesh
17 August 1978 - 29 April 1980 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
Bhagwat Dayal Sharma
(first term);
Justice S.K. Ray (second term)
R.N. Mishra (third term)
Governor of Odisha

Apr 1980– Sep 1980 (first term);
Nov 1980 – Jun 1982 (second term);
Sep 1982 – Aug 1983 (third term) 		Succeeded by
Justice S.K. Ray (first term);
R. N. Mishra (second term)
Bishambhar Nath Pande(third term)
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