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Janardhan – Peoples Heart Beat JANARDHAN – PEOPLES HEART BEAT FOUNDER, REVOLUTIONARY STUDENTS MOVEMENT AN ETERNAL PERSONA OF WARANGAL MOVEMENTS SURAPANENI JANARDHANA RAO LIFE AND INSPIRATION COMPILED : S P MOHANA RAO EDITED : N.VENUGOPAL 1 PUBLISHED BY SURAPANENI JANARDHANA RAO MEMORIAL TRUST GARIKAPARRU th 25 JULY 2012 CONTACT DETAILS S.P MOHANA RAO, 151,SITAPURAM COLONY PORANKI – KRISHNA Dt. (A.P.) PIN: 521 137 (Mobile) 9908637500. (Resi) 0866-2581835 2 3 Contents WHY AFTER 37 YEARS ? ....................................................................................................................... 4 JANARDHAN'S MEMORIES – EVER ON MY MIND ......................................................................... 7 MEMORIES OF JANARDHAN AND OTHER GIRAIPALLI MARTYRS ........................................ 10 CHILDHOOD AND THE YOUNG ACTIVIST ..................................................................................... 20 COMMUNIST MOVEMENT IN A.P VIS-A-VIS NAXALBARI AND SRIKAKULAM MOVEMENTS ........................................................................................................................................ 33 JANARDHAN AT REGIONAL ENGG. COLLEGE AND HIS CONTRIBUTION TO RSU .............. 38 JANARDHAN IN MEDAK ................................................................................................................... 51 INQUIRY COMMITTEES ..................................................................................................................... 57 IN MEMORY OF GIRAIPALLI MARTYRS ....................................................................................... 61 4 WHY AFTER 37 YEARS ? S P MOHANA RAO Janardhan's parents Janardhan and myself were more of friends rather than brothers from the time we attained maturity. We used to discuss political as well as social issues at length. By 25th July 2012, it has been 37 long years since Janardhan attained martyrdom. Even though there were glowing tributes and references on his contribution in Party circles every now and then, there was no comprehensive writing available about his contribution as a student leader at Regional Engg. College, Warangal and as an organiser of workers and peasants in and around Warangal before becoming a full time organiser for agrarian revolution in 1974.We thought it would be a fitting tribute to bring out his memoirs even now. It has become a stupendous task to locate & contact his friends of that time to collect information because of such a long time lapse since his martyrdom. As the saying goes, flower emanates fragrance as soon as it blossoms. Janardhan had shown a lot of initiative even at a tender age of 15 years in organising social and political programmes in working class areas in the village. His involvement grew with 5 age and he put tireless efforts to unite all the sections of working class. With this background behind him, it is not surprising that he showed remarkable initiative in various activities at RECW, Warangal town and the rural areas around. One has to appreciate his determination to undertake these activities in spite of suffering with asthma. He was inflicted with asthma at the age of 7. Whenever he suffered an asthma bout, he would become incapacitated even to talk or walk a few steps. Number of people who were in contact with him recalled how much he suffered due to asthma. Incidentally, when he informed me of his decision to work full time for revolutionary activities, the only poser I put to him was whether suffering from asthma was not an obstacle. Firmly, he replied “In spite of asthma,whatever could be done is a contribution.” Another remarkable aspect of him is simplicity and down to earth attitude. He used to mingle very easily with any segment of people either in the college or outside. He used to go to any place by bicycle only. We are from a village, Garikaparru in Krishna Dt, about 25 Km from Vijayawada. Ours was a middle class agriculturist family. Janardhan Rao was youngest child of Sri Surapaneni Rama Rao and Smt.Venkata Ratnam. He was born on 24th August 1950. Our father was a person of social consciousness and later on became an activist of CPI. He was a progressive farmer, adopting new methods of farming as well as new type of crops. Probably he was the first farmer in the district to cultivate cabbage, cauliflower and beetroot in the late fifties. He was adjudged best farmer for achieving highest yield in sugar cane crop in our area in 1964. Ironically, due to the faulty contractual policies adopted by the sugar factory, he could only sell a part of this produce to the factory resulting in heavy financial loss. He could never recover financially from this loss. When Janardhan Rao got admission in REC, Warangal in 1970 our financial position was so bad that Janardhan and I felt it would be difficult to arrange the money for his fees. I had completed BE by that time but was without a job. We did not even inform our father about Janardhan's admission assuming that it would be agony for him in case he was not able to arrange money. I tried on my own to get the money from my friends & relatives without success. Then both of us decided that Janardhan would continue B.Sc. That was the time when we met Janardhan's teacher & friend, Sri Sriram, to whom we narrated the whole episode and requested his advice. He found fault with us in not informing our father and expressed that he would be in greater pain if he ever came to know about Janardhan's REC admission. He also advised us that his ability to raise the funds should not be underestimated. Following his advice, we informed our father about Janardhan's admission into RECW with just a day left until the deadline to pay the fees. Ultimately, he was able to arrange the minimum required amount of about Rs1500/- in 6 time. We set out to Warangal and being an ex student, I could get permission to pay the caution deposits etc at a later date. Paying only the essential fees, Janardhan got admitted to REC,Warangal. Rest is history. He electrified the student movement in RECW in every aspect and contribued his might in full measure in revolutionary activities in Warangal and surrounding rural areas. A person confined to our village before joining RECW in 1970, he reached such heights to become the HEART BEAT OF PEOPLE OF WARANGAL and an inspiration to many even after four decades as recounted in the following pages. 7 JANARDHAN'S MEMORIES – EVER ON MY MIND N.VENUGOPAL It is our duty to remember those departed They lived with our sufferings and responsibilities Whoever has attempted, only half the job is accomplished They left walking on blood stained feet expecting us to fulfill the job (could not translate rest of the poem. This poem was by SIVA REDDY) Though I had spent a little time on a few occassions with Janardhan nearly 39 years back, I heard more from Chinnalu and many more persons during Tarkunde Committee/Bhargava Commission proceedings. I Interacted with the parents of Janardhan, Murali Mohan Reddy, Ananda Rao & Sudhakar during the Commissions proceedings and witnessed the pain suffered by them. I had lot of thoughts and underwent pain for several years before taking up to prepare this book. Thousands of comrades attained martyrdom and each one of them had distinct, inspirational and wonderful revolutionary life. The very fact they dedicated their lives for the emancipation of the downtrodden shows how exemplary and inspirational they were. They were model men as visualised by the forefathers of Communist Ideology and each one's life story must be brought out. Unfortunately, the lives of many a martyr are not known, barring a few heroic incidents brought out in Party organs. These writings could not bring out martyrs' wholesome personality turning out the martyr as “one among the many”.It is the responsibility of all concerned to try to bring out proper life stories of all the martyrs. In this context, we may say ATADU by Sri Allam Rajaiah is a good example. It is not an easy task to bring out the complete sketch of a martyr since it involves the collection of information about his life at different stages, personal traits, emotions, organisational capabilities etc. This involves contacting one's friends, colleagues, associates and so on. In fact, a book, “Better to Stand and Die” roused my feelings on the necessity of comprehensive histories of martyrs. The book depicts the story of Chao I Man, a Chinese revolutionary. She was in the revolutionary struggle since 1923, carving out a niche for her heroic acts and attaining maryrdom in 1936. A full life sketch of her was made by her friends 20 years after her martyrdom. The above english version came in 1960 which I happened to read in 1985. Overhelmed with the contents of the book I further realised the necessity of bringing out life stories of all martyrs. 8 I felt instantaneously how befitting it would be to bring out biographies of the martyrs. Some of those who left an ever lasting impression on me were Surapaneni Janardhan, Jannu Chinnalu, Sayini Prabhakar, Mamidala Haribhushan. Janardhan was the first martyr with whom I had personal contact. He used to visit VV's house in 1973. I was staying there and was in my early teens. Some times he used to take me to public meetings on his bicycle. Janardhan was instrumental in organising several protests /events in '73 and '74 in Warangal. I was present in those meetings and thus had an opporunity to see him from close quarters and I developed a feeling of worship towards him since then. Very soon, Janardhan was killed in false encounter at
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